Solar cooker with latent heat storage systems: A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 1599-1605

  Sharma, Atul ^a   Chen, C R ^a   Murty, V V S ^b   Shukla, Anant ^c  

^a KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Government Auotonomus Holkar Science College   (India)

^c Electrical Research and Development Association   (India)

Author keywords

Latent heat; Phase change material; Solar cooker; Solar energy; Thermal energy storage systems

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL FUELS; DEVELOPING WORLDS; ENERGY NEEDS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; FOOD PREPARATIONS; LATENT HEAT STORAGE SYSTEMS; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SOLAR COOKER; SOLAR COOKING; STORAGE UNITS; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; URBAN POPULATIONS;

BUOYANCY; FLYWHEELS; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 64549151008     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2008.09.020     Document Type: Review

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