Effect of angle of incidence of sun rays on the bending of absorber tube of solar parabolic trough concentrator

Energy Procedia

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-129

  Khanna, Sourav ^a   Singh, Suneet ^a   Kedare, Shireesh B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Absorber tube; Bending; Parabolic trough

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899010670     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.02.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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