A detailed thermal model of a parabolic trough collector receiver

Energy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 298-306

  Kalogirou, Soteris A ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Conduction; Convection radiation; Heat loss; Parabolic trough; Receiver thermal performance

Indexed keywords

GLASS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT LOSSES; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SUN; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AMBIENT AIR; ENGINEERING EQUATION SOLVERS; GLASS COVERS; GLASS TUBES; PARABOLIC TROUGH; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; REFLECTIVE MATERIALS; SINGLE-AXIS; THERMAL MODEL; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY;

HEAT TRANSFER;

HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 84869882872     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.06.023     Document Type: Article

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