Numerical analysis of heat loss from a parabolic trough absorber tube with active vacuum system

ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2011

Volumn , Issue PARTS A, B, AND C, 2011, Pages 795-801

  Roesle, Matthew ^a   Coskun, Volkan ^a   Steinfeld, Aldo ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER PLANT; CONVECTIVE HEAT; CURRENT GENERATION; PARABOLIC TROUGH; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; PARABOLIC TROUGH RECEIVERS; RADIATION HEAT; RAY-TRACING CODES;

DESIGN; HEAT LOSSES; RADIATION EFFECTS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VACUUM;

VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84881127089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2011-54683     Document Type: Conference Paper

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