Instrumentation error analysis of a box-type solar cooker

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 365-375

  Purohit, Ishan ^a   Purohit, Pallav ^b  

^a THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Absolute error; Attainable accuracy; Box type solar cooker; Instrumentation error; Load test; Stagnation test; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; ERRORS; INSTRUMENTS; TESTING;

ABSOLUTE ERROR; ATTAINABLE ACCURACY; BOX TYPE SOLAR COOKER; INSTRUMENTATION ERROR; STAGNATION TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

EID: 56349142967     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.09.030     Document Type: Article

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