Analysis of an inclined solar still with baffles for improving the yield of fresh water

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 105, Issue , 2017, Pages 326-337

  P K , Nagarajan ^a   El Agouz, S A ^b   D G , Harris Samuel ^c   M , Edwin ^d   B , Madhu ^a   D , Magesh babu ^a   Sathyamurthy, Ravishankar ^a   R , Bharathwaaj ^a  

^a S A ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^b Tanta University   (Egypt)

^c HINDUSTAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Baffles; Flow rate; Improvement; Inclined solar still; Yield

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; FLOW RATE; WATER;

BAFFLES; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FLOWING WATERS; IMPROVEMENT; RETENTION TIME; SOLAR RADIANCE; SOLAR STILLS; YIELD;

SOLAR HEATING;

EID: 85001073696     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2016.11.018     Document Type: Article

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