A Parabolic solar cooker with automatic two axes sun tracking system

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 463-470

  Al Soud, Mohammed S ^a   Abdallah, Essam ^b   Akayleh, Ali ^a   Abdallah, Salah ^c   Hrayshat, Eyad S ^a  

^a TAFILA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Parabolic solar cooker; Programmable logic controller; Sun tracking

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; COMPUTER CIRCUITS; CONTROLLERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; PROGRAMMED CONTROL SYSTEMS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS); TRACKING (POSITION);

CONCENTRATING SOLAR; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MANUAL TRACKING; SOLAR COOKERS; SOLAR INTENSITIES; SUN-TRACKING; TWO-AXES SUN TRACKING; WATER TEMPERATURES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

AUTOMATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD PROCESSING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR POWER; TRACKING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 75449118139     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.08.035     Document Type: Article

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