Effect of air flow on tubular solar still efficiency

Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 31, 2013, Pages

  Thirugnanasambantham, Arunkumar ^a   Rajan, Jayaprakash ^b   Ahsan, Amimul ^c   Kumar, Vinothkumar ^d  

^a DR N G P INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b SRI RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIDYALAYA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d Renewable Energy Research and Development   (India)

Author keywords

Compound parabolic concentrator; Desalination; Tubular solar still

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; DESALINATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; SOLAR POWER; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84878121473     PISSN: 17351979     EISSN: 17352746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1735-2746-10-31     Document Type: Article

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