Numerical study of heat loss from a non-evacuated receiver of a solar collector

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 617-626

  Patil, Ramchandra G ^a   Kale, Dhanaji M ^a   Panse, Sudhir V ^a   Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b HOMI BHABHA NATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Heat loss; Non evacuated receivers; Non uniform temperature distribution; Solar collector receiver

Indexed keywords

CFD TECHNIQUE; CRITICAL RADIUS; MAINTENANCE COST; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; NONUNIFORMITY; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; PROCESS HEAT; SOLAR RECEIVER;

GLASS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

HEAT LOSSES;

EID: 84890537408     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.11.034     Document Type: Article

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