Experimental study of an inverted absorber solar still

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 19, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 249-254

  Abdul Wahab, Sabah A ^a   Al Damkhi, Ali M ^b   Al Hinai, Hilal ^c   Dev, Rahul ^d   Tiwari, G N ^d  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

^c THE RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Oman)

^d BAG Energy Research Society   (India)

Author keywords

Inverted absorber solar still; Productivity; Solar distillation; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052743512     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.1153     Document Type: Article

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