Nonuniform heat transfer model and performance of parabolic trough solar receiver

Energy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 666-675

  Lu, Jianfeng ^a   Ding, Jing ^a   Yang, Jianping ^b   Yang, Xiaoxi ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat loss; Nonuniform heat transfer; Parabolic trough; Solar receiver

Indexed keywords

GLASS; HEAT LOSSES; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SUN; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CALCULATION RESULTS; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; NON-UNIFORM MODELING; PARABOLIC TROUGH; SOLAR RECEIVER; WALL TEMPERATURES; WALL-TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84883285024     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.07.052     Document Type: Article

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