Second law thermodynamic study of solar assisted distillation system: A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 519-535

  Gakkhar, Nikhil ^a   Soni, M S ^a   Jakhar, Sanjeev ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Exergetic efficiency; Exergy Analysis; Parabolic Trough Collector; Solar distillation

Indexed keywords

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; DISTILLATION; ENTROPY; EXERGY;

DISTILLATION SYSTEMS; ENTROPY GENERATION; EXERGETIC ANALYSIS; EXERGETIC EFFICIENCY; EXERGY ANALYSIS; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; SECOND LAW; SECOND LAW ANALYSIS; SOLAR ASSISTED; SOLAR DISTILLATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84950140358     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.11.076     Document Type: Review

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