Increase in distillate productivity by inclining the flat plate external reflector of a tilted-wick solar still in winter

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 785-789

  Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Nakatake, Yasuhito ^a  

^a KURUME NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inclined; Reflector; Solar desalination; Solar distillation; Solar still; Tilted wick

Indexed keywords

INCLINED; REFLECTOR; SOLAR DESALINATION; SOLAR DISTILLATION; SOLAR STILL; TILTED-WICK;

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; WATER FILTRATION;

REFLECTION;

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; SOLAR POWER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 65549131583     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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