Thermal performance of a novel linear cavity absorber for parabolic trough solar concentrator

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 292-299

  Chen, F ^a   Li, M ^a   Zhang, P ^b   Luo, X ^a  

^a YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cavity absorber; Glass cover; PTC; Thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COOLING SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; FLUIDS; GLASS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

CAVITY ABSORBER; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; GLASS COVERS; MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; PARABOLIC TROUGH; THEORETICAL MODELING; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

EID: 84918831835     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.11.034     Document Type: Article

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