Design, construction, and testing of a parabolic trough solar concentrator for hot water and low enthalpy steam generation

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Venegas Reyes, E ^a   Jaramillo, O A ^b   Castrejon Garcia R ^b   Aguilar, J O ^c   Sosa Montemayor, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE QUINTANA ROO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APERTURE AREA; ASSEMBLY PROCESS; FINITE ELEMENT STRESS ANALYSIS; GLASS COVERS; HOT WATER; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; PARABOLIC TROUGH; PARABOLIC TROUGH CONCENTRATORS; PEAK EFFICIENCY; RIM ANGLE; SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEMS; STEAM GENERATION; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRANSPORTATION COST; WIND LOAD;

ALUMINUM; EFFICIENCY; ENTHALPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; STEAM GENERATORS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WATER;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84868360476     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4751461     Document Type: Article

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