Wind engineering analysis of parabolic trough solar collectors: The effects of varying the trough depth

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 118-128

  Paetzold, J ^a   Cochard, S ^a   Vassallo, A ^b   Fletcher, D F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Concentrating solar power; Parabolic trough collectors; RANS simulations; Shear stress transport turbulence model

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EFFICIENCY; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; SHEAR STRESS; SOFTWARE TESTING; SOLAR ENERGY; TURBULENCE MODELS; WIND STRESS; WIND TUNNELS;

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; PARABOLIC TROUGH POWER PLANTS; PARABOLIC TROUGH SOLAR COLLECTORS; PERIODIC SIMULATION; RANS SIMULATION; SHEAR-STRESS TRANSPORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 84909993007     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2014.10.017     Document Type: Article

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