A design method and numerical study for a new type parabolic trough solar collector with uniform solar flux distribution

Science China Technological Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 531-540

  Wang, Kun ^a   He, Yaling ^a   Cheng, Zedong ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

evacuated tubular receiver; parabolic trough solar collector; secondary reflector; solar flux distribution; temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REFLECTION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CONCENTRATED SOLAR; COUPLED HEAT TRANSFER; FLUX BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; PARABOLIC TROUGH SOLAR COLLECTORS; SECONDARY REFLECTOR; SOLAR FLUX; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84896547029     PISSN: 16747321     EISSN: 18691900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-013-5452-6     Document Type: Article

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