Sensitivity analysis of saturated steam production in parabolic trough collectors

Energy Procedia

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 765-774

  Valenzuela, Loreto ^a   Hernández Lobón, David ^b   Zarza, Eduardo ^a  

^a PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Direct steam generation; Industrial process heat; Parabolic trough collectors; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896868010     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.11.087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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