Effect of insulation thickness on the productivity of basin type solar stills: An experimental verification under local climate

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2457-2461

  Khalifa, Abdul Jabbar N ^a   Hamood, Ahmad M ^a  

^a AL NAHRAIN UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Correlations; Desalination; Performance; Solar still

Indexed keywords

BASIN TYPE; CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INSULATION THICKNESS; LOCAL CLIMATE; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE CORRELATION; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOLAR STILL; SOLAR STILLS;

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; WATER FILTRATION;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 67650456727     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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