Parametric study of an active and passive solar distillation system: Energy and exergy analysis

Desalination

Volumn 242, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 1-18

  Tiwari, G N ^a   Dimri, Vimal ^a   Chel, Arvind ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Condensing cover; Daily yield; Exergy efficiency; Passive and active solar stills; Solar collectors; Thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

CONDENSING COVER; DAILY YIELD; EXERGY EFFICIENCY; PASSIVE AND ACTIVE SOLAR STILLS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; DUST COLLECTORS; EXERGY; GLASS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR SYSTEM; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

SOLAR ENERGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DISTILLATION; ENERGY BALANCE; EXERGY; SOLAR SYSTEM; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 64649092681     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.03.027     Document Type: Article

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