Trends and opportunities in direct-absorption solar thermal collectors

Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Phelan, Patrick ^a   Otanicar, Todd ^b   Taylor, Robert ^c   Tyagi, Himanshu ^d  

^a Arizona State University

^b The University of Tulsa

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROPAR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY FLUIDS; DIRECT ABSORPTION; IS-ENABLED; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION; WORKING FLUID;

ENERGY CONVERSION; LIQUIDS; SOLAR ENERGY;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 84882650753     PISSN: 19485085     EISSN: 19485093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023930     Document Type: Article

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