Performance simulation of a parabolic trough solar collector

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 746-755

  Huang, Weidong ^a   Hu, Peng ^a   Chen, Zeshao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Optical efficiency; Optical simulation; Parabolic trough collector; Photothermal conversion efficiency

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVITIES; ANALYTICAL EQUATIONS; ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANNUAL AVERAGE; HEAT ENERGY; INTEGRATION ALGORITHM; NUMERICAL-INTEGRATION ALGORITHMS; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL ERROR; OPTICAL PARAMETER; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; OPTICAL SIMULATION; PARABOLIC TROUGH; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; PERFORMANCE SIMULATION; PHOTOTHERMAL CONVERSION; POSITION ERRORS; TRACKING ERRORS; VACUUM TUBE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFLECTION; SOLAR ENERGY; VACUUM;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR POWER; TRANSMITTANCE;

EID: 84855803038     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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