DSG under two-phase and stratified flow in a steel receiver of a parabolic trough collector

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 140-144

  Almanza, Rafael ^a   Jiménez, Guslavo ^a   Lentz, Alvaro ^a   Valdés, Alberto ^b   Soria, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); STEEL STRUCTURES; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; STEEL RECEIVER; STEEL RECEIVER TUBES; STEEL RECEIVERS;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 0037932643     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1463734     Document Type: Article

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