Thermal performance of direct-flow coaxial evacuated-tube solar collectors with and without a heat shield

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-87

  Zhang, Xinyu ^a,b   You, Shijun ^a   Ge, Hongchuan ^c   Gao, Yan ^d   Xu, Wei ^b   Wang, Min ^b   He, Tao ^b   Zheng, Xuejing ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA ACADEMY OF BUILDING RESEARCH   (China)

^c Beijing SUNDA Solar Energy Technology Co Ltd   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE   (China)

Author keywords

Direct flow; Evacuated tube solar collector; Heat shield; Solar energy; Thermal performance improvement

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHIELDING; SOLAR ENERGY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DIRECT FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; WORKING TEMPERATURES;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 84899638662     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.04.014     Document Type: Article

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