Research on the compensation of the end loss effect for parabolic trough solar collectors

Applied Energy

Volumn 115, Issue , 2014, Pages 128-139

  Xu, Chengmu ^a   Chen, Zhiping ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Zhang, Peng ^b   Ji, Xu ^a   Luo, Xi ^a   Liu, Jiangtao ^a  

^a YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Compensation method; End loss effect; End plane mirror; PTC; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

COMPENSATION METHOD; END LOSS EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; OPTICAL COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; PARABOLIC TROUGH SOLAR COLLECTORS; PLANE MIRRORS; PTC;

EFFICIENCY;

CONDENSATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; OPTICAL METHOD; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84888273867     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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