Experimental performance analysis and optimisation of medium temperature solar thermal collectors with silicon oil as a heat transfer fluid

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 570-581

  Nkwetta, Dan Nchelatebe ^a   Smyth, Mervyn ^b   Zacharopoulos, Aggelos ^b   Hyde, Trevor ^b  

^a SWINDEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collection efficiency; Concentrating solar collectors; Double sided coated absorber; Energy collection rates and temperature differential; Evacuated tube heat pipe absorber; Heat loss coefficient; Medium temperature applications; Silicon oil; Single sided coated absorber

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CONCENTRATING SOLAR; DOUBLE-SIDED COATED ABSORBER; EVACUATED TUBES; HEAT LOSS COEFFICIENTS; MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; SILICON OIL; SINGLE-SIDED COATED ABSORBER; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT PIPES; HEAT TRANSFER; SILICON; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 84876489310     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1946     Document Type: Article

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