Optimum exergy efficiency of single-effect ideal passive solar stills

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 595-606

  Kaushik, S C ^a   Ranjan, K R ^a   Panwar, N L ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Energy and exergy efficiency; Irreversibility; Solar energy; Solar stills; Sustainable development; Thermodynamic analysis; Ultimate efficiency

Indexed keywords

ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER PHENOMENON; IRREVERSIBILITY; SOLAR STILLS; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; TYPICAL OPERATING CONDITIONS;

DISTILLATION; EXERGY; MASS TRANSFER; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84879917076     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-013-9194-x     Document Type: Article

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