Multi-objective and thermodynamic optimisation of a parabolic trough receiver with perforated plate inserts

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-56

  Mwesigye, Aggrey ^a   Bello Ochende, Tunde ^b   Meyer, Josua P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Entropy generation minimisation; Heat transfer performance; Multi objective optimisation; Parabolic trough receiver; Perforated plate inserts; Thermodynamic optimisation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEAT TRANSFER; MINIMUM ENTROPY METHODS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ENTROPY GENERATION RATE; FLUID TEMPERATURES; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; MINIMISATION; OPTIMISATION PROCEDURES; OPTIMISATIONS; PARABOLIC TROUGH RECEIVERS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY;

PERFORATED PLATES;

EID: 84919797540     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.12.018     Document Type: Article

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