Impact of different internal convection control strategies in a non-evacuated CPC collector performance

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1232-1244

  Horta, Pedro ^a   Henriques, J C C ^b   Collares Pereira, Manuel ^c  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Convection losses; CPC collector; Medium temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW VELOCITY; COLLECTOR CAVITY; COLLECTOR MATERIALS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CPC COLLECTOR; DOUBLE GLAZINGS; EVACUATED TUBE COLLECTORS; GLASS COVERS; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; INTEGRATED TOOLS; INTERNAL CONVECTION; MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OPERATIONAL TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PHYSICAL BARRIERS; SELECTIVE ABSORBER COATINGS; SELECTIVE COATINGS; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION; THERMAL CONVERSION; THERMAL LOSS;

COATINGS; INERT GASES;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; COATING; DESIGN; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 84859441958     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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