| Author: | Gupta, Sanjay |
| Advisor: | Advisor |
| Date: | 1994
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| Citation: | Energy Con
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| Item Type: | Article
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| Keywords: | silk reeling; silk dyeing; silk degumming; cocoon cooking; silk processing; print curing; utilization potential in silk industry; silkworm rearing; cocoon dryer; thermosyphon; circular trough concentrator; passive cooling |
| Abstract: | A case is made for the use of solar energy in meeting the energy requirements of the silk production and processing industry of India. The paper briefly reviews the energy requirements of the silk industry and identifies the potential areas existing therein for the application of solar energy. Experiments carried out in this area at the Textile Department of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, are described. |
