Impact of load variation on the energy and exergy efficiencies of a single vacuum tube based solar cooker

Renewable Energy

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 152-158

  Farooqui, Suhail Zaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Exergy efficiency; Linear fresnel collector; Solar cooker; Vacuum tube based solar cooker

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUBES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; HEAT LOSSES; POWER INDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; HEAT LOSS COEFFICIENTS; LINEAR FRESNEL COLLECTORS (LFC); PERFORMANCE MEASURING; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; SOLAR COOKERS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 84923534379     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.12.021     Document Type: Article

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