Experimental and model based performance analysis of a linear parabolic trough solar collector in a high temperature solar cooling and heating system

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 0210041-02100412

  Qu, Ming ^a   Yin, Hongxi ^b   Archer, David H ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorber pipe; Carnegie Mellon University; Glass envelope; Optical losses; Parabolic trough solar collector; Receiver tube; Solar cooling; Thermal losses

Indexed keywords

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY; PARABOLIC TROUGH; PARABOLIC TROUGH SOLAR COLLECTOR; SOLAR COOLING; THERMAL LOSS; THERMAL LOSSES;

GLASS; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; PIPE; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING;

COOLING;

EID: 77955208118     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001406     Document Type: Article

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