Thermal analysis of a weir-type cascade solar still integrated with PCM storage

Desalination

Volumn 279, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 415-422

  Dashtban, Mohammad ^a   Tabrizi, Farshad Farshchi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SISTAN AND BALUCHESTAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cascade solar still; Desalination; Mathematical model; Productivity; Thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER PLATES; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GLASS SURFACES; HEAT STORAGE SYSTEMS; LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; SOLAR STILLS; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; TYPICAL DAY;

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOLAR HEATING; THERMOANALYSIS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER LEVELS; WEIRS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

DESALINATION; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMAL CONVECTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; WAX;

IRAN; SISTAN VA BALUCHESTAN; ZAHEDAN;

EID: 80052379806     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.06.044     Document Type: Article

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