Numerical analysis of heat loss from a parabolic trough absorber tube with active vacuum system

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Roesle, Matthew ^a   Coskun, Volkan ^a   Steinfeld, Aldo ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER TUBES; ANNULAR GAP; CFD SOFTWARES; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER PLANT; CONVECTIVE HEAT; CURRENT GENERATION; DESIGN EFFORT; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; LOW PRESSURES; MONTE CARLO; PARABOLIC TROUGH; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; RAREFIED GAS; RAY-TRACING CODES; SIMULATION RESULT; SOLAR FLUX; THERMAL MODEL; VACUUM JACKETS; VACUUM SYSTEM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; GLASS PLANTS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT LOSSES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

VACUUM;

EID: 79961218346     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004276     Document Type: Article

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