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Solar collector<br />

Condenser/condensation<br />

Cooling water (on the condenser side)<br />

Distillate<br />

Dry<br />

Effective<br />

Evaporator/Evaporation<br />

Fluid<br />

Gas (air-vapor mixture)<br />

Gas-solid<br />

Heat exchanger<br />

Hot water (on the evaporator side)<br />

Incident solar irradiation<br />

Initial (temperature)<br />

Interfacial (water-gas interface)<br />

Irrigated<br />

Liquid state<br />

Liquid-gas<br />

Liquid-solid<br />

Minimum<br />

Maximum<br />

Packing or particle<br />

Reference conditions<br />

Relative<br />

Solid state <strong>and</strong> (<strong>PCM</strong>)<br />

Saturation conditions<br />

Storage (packed column)<br />

Superficial<br />

vapor<br />

Water<br />

Wetted<br />

Phase change material<br />

Glossary<br />

AHE<br />

CS<br />

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DOE<br />

ETC<br />

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FPC<br />

Heat exchanger area<br />

Continuous solid model<br />

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Design <strong>of</strong> experiment<br />

Evacuated tube collector<br />

Electro Dialysis desalination technology<br />

Flat plate collector<br />

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