Development of empirical relation to evaluate the heat transfer coefficients and fractional energy in basin type hybrid (PV/T) active solar still

Desalination

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 214-221

  Kumar, Shiv ^a   Tiwari, G N ^a   Gaur, M K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Empirical equations; Fractional energy; Glass cover temperature; Heat transfer coefficients; Passive and hybrid (PV T) active solar still

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SOLAR STILL; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BASIN TYPE; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONS; FRACTIONAL ENERGY; GLASS-COVER TEMPERATURE; HEAT BALANCE EQUATIONS; MAXIMUM RELATIVE ERRORS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SOLAR STILLS; WATER SURFACE;

DISTILLATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GLASS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; SOLAR HEATING; TEMPERATURE;

SOLAR ENERGY;

AMBIENT AIR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 71549121360     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.06.030     Document Type: Article

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