Experimental study of the inclined solar film evaporator

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2576-2583

  Saidi, S ^a,d   Ben Radhia, R ^a,b   Dhifaoui, B ^a,c   Ben Jabrallah, S ^a,d  

^a Department of Geology   (Tunisia)

^b University Campus   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Forced convection; Liquid film; Natural convection; Solar evaporator; Yield

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILM; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE;

BIZERTE; TUNISIA;

EID: 84946499843     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.981415     Document Type: Article

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