Performance of a solar still integrated with evacuated tube collector in natural mode

Desalination

Volumn 318, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-33

  Singh, Ragh Vendra ^a   Kumar, Shiv ^b   Hasan, M M ^a   Khan, M Emran ^a   Tiwari, G N ^b  

^a JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Energy and exergy efficiency; Evacuated tube collector; Solar still; Thermal model

Indexed keywords

ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; EVACUATED TUBE COLLECTORS; EVACUATED TUBES; GLASS-COVER TEMPERATURE; NATURAL MODES; SOLAR STILLS; THERMAL MODEL; WATER TEMPERATURES;

DISTILLATION; EXERGY; SOLAR HEATING; THERMOANALYSIS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER; WATER DEPTH; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84876310078     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.03.012     Document Type: Article

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