A detailed nonuniform thermal model of a parabolic trough solar receiver with two halves and two inactive ends

Renewable Energy

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 139-147

  Cheng, Ze Dong ^a   He, Ya Ling ^a   Qiu, Yu ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat transfer analysis; Nonuniform solar flux; Nonuniform thermal model; Parabolic trough solar collector; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; INTELLIGENT OPTIMIZATION; PARABOLIC TROUGH SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR FLUX; THERMAL MODEL; TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; PARABOLIC TROUGH; SOLAR RECEIVER;

HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; SOLAR ENERGY;

FLUID FLOW; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HEAT TRANSFER; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; NONLINEARITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84906483896     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.07.060     Document Type: Article

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