Heat loss of a trapezoidal cavity absorber for a linear Fresnel reflecting solar concentrator

Renewable Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 198-206

  Flores Larsen, S ^a   Altamirano, M ^a   Hernandez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fresnel; Linear absorber; Numerical simulation; Solar thermal; Trapezoidal cavity

Indexed keywords

CFD SOFTWARES; CONVECTIVE ZONE; DATA SETS; ENERGYPLUS; EXTERIOR WALLS; FREE SOFTWARE; FRESNEL; HEAT LOSS COEFFICIENTS; IN-BUILDINGS; LINEAR ABSORBER; SOLAR THERMAL; THERMAL SIMULATIONS; TRAPEZOIDAL CAVITY; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PIPE; SOFTWARE TESTING; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

HEAT LOSSES;

HEAT TRANSFER; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 80053250324     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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