Numerical study of conjugate heat and mass transfer in a solar still device

Desalination

Volumn 325, Issue , 2013, Pages 84-94

  Alvarado Juarez R ^a   Alvarez G ^a   Xaman J ^a   Hernandez Lopez I ^a,b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO TECNOLÓGICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE ZACATEPEC   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Heat and mass transfer; Solar distillation; Surface thermal radiation

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE NATURAL CONVECTION; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; INCLINATION ANGLES; INCLINED CAVITIES; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; SOLAR DISTILLATION; SURFACE THERMAL RADIATION;

DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; PIPE FLOW; SOLAR HEATING;

HEAT RADIATION;

DISTILLATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW VELOCITY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84880999375     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.06.027     Document Type: Article

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