Optical and thermal performance of large-size parabolic-trough solar collectors from outdoor experiments: A test method and a case study

Energy

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 456-464

  Valenzuela, Loreto ^a   López Martín, Rafael ^a   Zarza, Eduardo ^a  

^a PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Optical efficiency; Outdoor experiments; Parabolic trough solar collector; Solar thermal power plants; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT LOSSES; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR RADIATION; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; OUTDOOR EXPERIMENT; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; WORKING TEMPERATURES;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PIPE; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84901657070     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.04.016     Document Type: Article

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