Solar chemical heat pump drying system for tropical region

WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 404-413

  Ibrahim, M ^a   Sopian, K ^a   Daud, W R W ^a   Alghoul, M A ^a   Yahya, M ^a   Sulaiman, M Y ^a   Zaharim, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chemical heat pump; Coefficient of performance; Collector area; Drying; Evacuated tube collector efficiency; Solar fraction

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; STORAGE TANK; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 67649988041     PISSN: 17905079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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