Explicit expressions for temperature distribution and deflection in absorber tube of solar parabolic trough concentrator

Solar Energy

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 289-302

  Khanna, Sourav ^a   Singh, Suneet ^a   Kedare, Shireesh B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Absorber tube; Bending; Parabolic trough; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BENDING (FORMING); DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); ERRORS; FACINGS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SUN; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ABSORBER TUBES; DIFFERENTIAL EXPANSION; MAXIMUM DEFLECTION; PARABOLIC TROUGH; PARABOLIC TROUGH CONCENTRATORS; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TENSION AND COMPRESSION;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

ABSORPTION; DEFLECTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLUID DYNAMICS; OPTICAL METHOD; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 84923673607     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.01.044     Document Type: Article

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