A review of the thermal performance parameters of box type solar cookers and identification of their correlations

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1615-1621

  Lahkar, Pranab J ^a   Samdarshi, S K ^a  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Box type cooker; Cooking power; Figures of merit; Objective parameters; Thermal performance parameters

Indexed keywords

BOX TYPE SOLAR COOKER; ENABLING TOOLS; FIGURES OF MERITS; OBJECTIVE PARAMETERS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; SOLAR COOKERS; TEST PROCEDURES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

MIXED CONVECTION;

EID: 77950861656     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.02.009     Document Type: Review

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