Performance evaluation of v-trough solar concentrator for water desalination applications

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 234-244

  Riffat, Saffa ^a   Mayere, Abdulkarim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dehumidification; Desalination; Humidification; Solar concentrator; v Trough

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; COLLECTOR SYSTEMS; DEHUMIDIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FRESH WATER; FRESH WATER PRODUCTION; HIGH PRECISION TRACKING; HUMIDIFICATION; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PARABOLIC TROUGH; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; REFLECTIVE MATERIALS; REFLECTIVE SURFACES; SOLAR POWERED WATER DESALINATION; SOLAR TRACKING; SYSTEM MODELLING; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; V-SHAPE; V-TROUGH; WATER DESALINATION; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

DESALINATION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; SOLAR COLLECTORS; WATER; WATER FILTRATION;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 84866485964     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.05.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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