Energy and exergy efficiency comparison of community-size and domestic-size paraboloidal solar cooker performance

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 60-64

  Kaushik, S C ^a   Gupta, M K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

community size solar cooker; domestic size solar cooker; energy efficiency; exergy efficiency

Indexed keywords

EXERGY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

COMMUNITY SIZE; ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR COOKERS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LOW TEMPERATURE; SOLAR COOKER; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 65549154343     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0973-0826(08)60440-8     Document Type: Article

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