Comparison in net solar efficiency between the use of concentrating and non-concentrating solar collectors in solar aided power generation systems

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 685-691

  Zhou, Luyao ^a   Li, Yuanyuan ^a   Hu, Eric ^b   Qin, Jiyun ^b   Yang, Yongping ^a  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concentration solar collector; Net solar thermal efficiency; Net solar to power efficiency; Non concentration solar collector; Solar aided power generation

Indexed keywords

SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; STEAM ENGINEERING;

CONCENTRATING COLLECTOR; CONCENTRATING SOLAR; EVACUATED TUBE COLLECTORS; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; POWER EFFICIENCY; POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; RANKINE STEAM CYCLE; SOLAR THERMAL;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84921671691     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.09.063     Document Type: Article

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