Numerical study of wind forces on parabolic solar collectors

Renewable Energy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 498-505

  Zemler, Matthew K ^a   Bohl, Greg ^b   Rios, Oziel ^c   Boetcher, Sandra K S ^a  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Solar Logic Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Concentrated solar power; Wind forces

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; FORCE AND TORQUES; SUPPORT STRUCTURES; WIND FORCES; WIND SPEED;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; SOLAR ENERGY;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

DATA ACQUISITION; NUMERICAL METHOD; POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND FORCING;

EID: 84879467355     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.05.023     Document Type: Article

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