Air-heating solar collectors for humidification-dehumidification desalination systems

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Summers, Edward K ^a   Lienhard, John H ^a   Zubair, Syed M ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER PLATES; AIR HEATING; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; CURRENT COLLECTOR; CYCLE PERFORMANCE; DESALINATION SYSTEMS; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN PRACTICE; DOUBLE GLAZINGS; HUMIDIFICATION-DEHUMIDIFICATION; LOW COSTS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NORMALIZED GAINS; SOLAR ABSORPTIVITY; SOLAR AIR HEATER; TRANSMISSIVITY; WIND SPEED;

AIR PREHEATERS; DESALINATION; GLAZES; HEATING; HUMIDITY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; WATER FILTRATION; WATER HEATERS;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 79951845009     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003295     Document Type: Article

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