Performance study on evacuated tube solar collector using therminol D-12 as heat transfer fluid coupled with parabolic trough

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 505-510

  Selvakumar, P ^a   Somasundaram, P ^b   Thangavel, P ^a  

^a KONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^b EBET Group of Institutions   (India)

Author keywords

Evacuated tube; Instant hot water; Parabolic trough; Synthetic oil

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WATER;

ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EVACUATED TUBE COLLECTORS; EVACUATED TUBE SOLAR COLLECTOR; EVACUATED TUBES; HOT WATER; PARABOLIC TROUGH; SYNTHETIC OIL; TEMPERATURE CHARACTERISTIC;

HOT WATER HEATING;

EID: 84903216529     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.05.069     Document Type: Article

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