Integrated performance of stepped and single basin solar stills with mini solar pond

Desalination

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 902-909

  Velmurugan, V ^a   Pandiarajan, S ^b   Guruparan, P ^b   Subramanian, L Harihara ^b   Prabaharan, C David ^b   Srithar, K ^b  

^a Infant Jesus College of Engineering   (India)

^b THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Effluent treatment; Mini solar pond; Single basin solar still; Stepped solar still

Indexed keywords

BAFFLE PLATE; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; SINGLE BASIN SOLAR STILL; SOLAR STILLS; STEPPED SOLAR STILL;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; LAKES; PRODUCTIVITY; SEWAGE; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR PONDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DISTILLATION;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EFFLUENT; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 71149101024     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2009.06.070     Document Type: Article

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