Cost effective design of compound parabolic collector for steam generation

Solar Energy

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-50

  Gudekar, Ajitkumar S ^a   Jadhav, Atul S ^a   Panse, Sudhir V ^a   Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B ^a   Pandit, Aniruddha B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Compound Parabolic Collector (CPC); Solar energy; Solar steam generation; Solar thermal system

Indexed keywords

APERTURE AREA; COLLECTOR SYSTEMS; COMPOUND PARABOLIC COLLECTOR; COST EFFECTIVE DESIGN; DEMONSTRATION UNITS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SOLAR STEAM; SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS; STEAM GENERATION; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; TILT ADJUSTMENT; WORKING MODELS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR ENERGY;

STEAM GENERATORS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMETRY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84873301649     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.12.020     Document Type: Article

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