Factors affecting the performance of triangular pyramid solar still

Desalination

Volumn 344, Issue , 2014, Pages 383-390

  Sathyamurthy, Ravishankar ^a   Kennady, Hyacinth J ^a   Nagarajan, P K ^b   Ahsan, Amimul ^c  

^a HINDUSTAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b S A ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Condensation; Evaporation; Parameters; Water depth; Wind velocity

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; EVAPORATION; SOLAR HEATING; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EVAPORATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; FRESH WATER PRODUCTION; OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGES; PARAMETERS; SOLAR DISTILLATION SYSTEM; WATER DEPTH; WIND SPEED VARIATIONS; WIND VELOCITIES;

DISTILLATION;

CONDENSATION; EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL CONVECTION; WATER DEPTH; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84899692945     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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