Simulation of a linear Fresnel solar collector concentrator

International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 125-129

  Facão, Jorge ^a   Oliveira, Armando C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CFD; Concentrating solar collector; Linear fresnel; Ray trace; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CFD; CONCENTRATING SOLAR COLLECTOR; LINEAR FRESNEL; RAY-TRACE; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MINERAL WOOL; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79551713720     PISSN: 17481317     EISSN: 17481325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijlct/ctq011     Document Type: Article

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