Solar cooker realizations in actual use: An overview

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 288-306

  Yettou, F ^a   Azoui, B ^b   Malek, A ^a   Gama, A ^a   Panwar, N L ^c  

^a CENTRE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES   (Algeria)

^b Laboratoire de Recherche LEB   (Algeria)

^c MAHARANA PRATAP UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Energy and exergy assessment; Recent realizations; Solar cooker; Sun tracking system; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

EXERGY; HEAT STORAGE; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; THERMAL INSULATION;

ENERGY AND EXERGY; RECENT REALIZATIONS; SOLAR COOKERS; SUN TRACKING SYSTEMS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84901921279     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.05.018     Document Type: Review

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