Experimental test of a novel multi-surface trough solar concentrator for air heating

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 123-129

  Zheng, Hongfei ^a   Tao, Tao ^a   Ma, Ming ^a   Kang, Huifang ^a   Su, Yuehong ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air heating; Instantaneous efficiency; Multi surface; Solar concentrator; Time constant

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; AIR HEATER; AIR HEATING; AIRFLOW CHANNELS; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; MULTI-SURFACE; NORMALIZED TEMPERATURE; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; SOLAR AIR HEATER; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; TESTING RESULTS; TIME CONSTANTS; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

AIR; AIR PREHEATERS; EFFICIENCY; FLOW RATE; HEATING EQUIPMENT;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 84866975138     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2012.01.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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