Effect of various absorbing materials on the thermal performance of solar stills

Desalination

Volumn 242, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 128-137

  Abdallah, Salah ^a   Abu Khader, Mazen M ^b   Badran, Omar ^b  

^a APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Black rocks; Metallic wiry sponges; Porous media; Solar intensity; Solar still; Thermal performance; Water collection

Indexed keywords

BLACK ROCKS; METALLIC WIRY SPONGES; POROUS MEDIA; SOLAR INTENSITY; SOLAR STILL; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; WATER COLLECTION;

DISTILLATION; MIXED CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS; SOLAR HEATING; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

COATED MATERIALS;

ABSORPTION; DISTILLATION; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POROUS MEDIUM; SEPARATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MAFRAQ; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 64849090882     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.03.036     Document Type: Article

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