Enabling inter-cooker thermal performance comparison based on cooker opto-thermal ratio (COR)

Applied Energy

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 491-495

  Lahkar, Pranab J ^a   Bhamu, Rajesh K ^a   Samdarshi, S K ^a  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Box type cooker; Cooker opto thermal ratio (COR); Parabolic concentrator cooker; Thermal performance parameter

Indexed keywords

TESTING;

BOX TYPE COOKER; COOKER OPTO-THERMAL RATIO (COR); HOTTEL-WHILLIER-BLISS; MEAN VALUES; PARABOLIC CONCENTRATORS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; SINGLE-STEP; SOLAR COOKERS; TEST PROCEDURES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

MIXED CONVECTION;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84864827096     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.05.034     Document Type: Article

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