Productivity estimation of a single-slope solar still: Theoretical and numerical analysis

Energy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 289-297

  Rahbar, N ^a   Esfahani, J A ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Optimization; Productivity estimation; Single slope solar still

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISTILLATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

CFD ANALYSIS; CFD SIMULATIONS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; EQUATION BASED; HOURLY YIELD; NU NUMBER; OPTIMUM LENGTH; PRODUCTIVITY ESTIMATION; SOLAR STILLS; WATER PRODUCTIVITY;

SOLAR HEATING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMAL CONVECTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84871720804     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.10.023     Document Type: Article

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