3D thermal-structural analysis of an absorber tube of a parabolic trough collector and the effect of tube deflection on optical efficiency

Energy Procedia

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 2433-2443

  Akbarimoosavi, S M ^a   Yaghoubi, M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bending; Flux density distribution; Parabolic trough collector; Ray tracing; Thermo elastic analysis

Indexed keywords

BENDING (FORMING); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EFFICIENCY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAY TRACING; SAFETY FACTOR; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELASTICITY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FLUX DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; MONTE CARLO RAY TRACING METHOD; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; STATIC STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL-STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THERMOELASTIC ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84902257386     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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