3-D numerical simulation of heat transfer and turbulent flow in a receiver tube of solar parabolic trough concentrator with louvered twisted-tape inserts

Energy Procedia

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 373-380

  Ghadirijafarbeigloo, Sh ^a   Zamzamian, A H ^a   Yaghoubi, M ^b  

^a MATERIALS AND ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Louvered twisted tape; Solar parabolic trough; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DROPS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENT FLOW;

3-D NUMERICAL SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY; PARABOLIC TROUGH; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; PARABOLIC TROUGH CONCENTRATORS; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; TURBULENT SWIRLING FLOWS; TWISTED TAPES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84902270432     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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