Heat loss study of trapezoidal cavity absorbers for linear solar concentrating collector

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 329-337

  Singh, Panna Lal ^a   Sarviya, R M ^b   Bhagoria, J L ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Linear Fresnel solar concentrating collector; Overall heat loss coefficient; Rectangular pipe; Round tube; Trapezoidal cavity absorber

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATING COLLECTOR; FRESNEL; HEAT LOSS COEFFICIENTS; RECTANGULAR PIPES; ROUND TUBES; TRAPEZOIDAL CAVITY;

BLACK COATINGS; CARBON STEEL; CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; GLASS; PIPE; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

HEAT LOSSES;

EID: 71549123220     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.09.029     Document Type: Article

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