Numerical simulation of heat transfer characteristics in the absorber tube of parabolic trough collector with internal flow obstructions

ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 674-681

  Natarajan, M ^a   Thundil Karuppa Raj, R ^a   Raja Sekhar, Y ^a   Srinivas, T ^a   Gupta, Pranay ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Absorber tube; Flow obstruction; Triangular turbulator; Turbulence heat transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901223971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18196608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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