Study of the performance of the inverted solar still integrated with a refrigeration cycle

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue , 2012, Pages 424-434

  Abdul Wahab, Sabah A ^a   Al Hatmi, Yousuf Y ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Condenser of a refrigerator; Evaporator of a refrigerator; Inverted solar still; Oman; Waste heat; Water depth

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DAILY PRODUCTION; DISTILLED WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRESH WATER; OMAN; REFRIGERATION CYCLES; SOLAR STILLS; SULTANATE OF OMAN; WATER DEPTH; WATER TEMPERATURES;

REFRIGERATION; REFRIGERATORS; SOLAR HEATING; WASTE HEAT;

DISTILLATION;

EID: 84859986803     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.01.1222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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