Testing of solar cookers and evaluation of instrumentation error

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2053-2064

  Purohit, Ishan ^a  

^a THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Box type solar cooker; Instrumentation error; Parabolic concentrator type solar cooker; Root sum square method

Indexed keywords

BOX TYPE SOLAR COOKER; COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE; END USERS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIGURE OF MERIT; INSTRUMENTATION ERROR; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; PARABOLIC CONCENTRATORS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; SOLAR COOKERS; SOLAR COOKING; SOLAR THERMAL TECHNOLOGY; TEST PROCEDURES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INSTRUMENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

COMMERCIALIZATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ERROR ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLAR COOKER;

DELHI; INDIA; NEW DELHI;

EID: 77950917995     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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