Experimental investigation on the performance of solar still augmented with pin-finned wick

Desalination

Volumn 379, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-15

  Alaian, W M ^a   Elnegiry, E A ^a   Hamed, Ahmed M ^a  

^a University of Mansoura   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Desalination; Pin fin; Solar; Still; Water; Wick

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; EVAPORATION; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); PRODUCTIVITY; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; PIN-FINS; SOLAR; STILL; WICK;

DISTILLATION;

DESALINATION; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84945405444     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.10.010     Document Type: Article

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