Experimental and numerical analysis using CFD technique of the performance of the absorber tube of a solar parabolic trough collector with and without insertion

2013 International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability, ICEETS 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 550-556

  Thundil Karuppa Raj, R ^a   Srinivas, Tangellapalli ^a   Natarajan, M ^a   Arun Kumar, K ^a   Chengappa, Anish ^a   Deoras, Amay ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

computational fluid dynamics analysis; solar parabolic trough collector; tube insertions

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER TUBES; CFD TECHNIQUE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; DIFFERENT MASS; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; WALL TEMPERATURES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLUIDS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84881084588     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICEETS.2013.6533444     Document Type: Conference Paper

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