A new study on the end loss effect for parabolic trough solar collectors

Energy

Volumn 82, Issue , 2015, Pages 382-394

  Li, Ming ^a   Xu, Chengmu ^a   Ji, Xu ^a   Zhang, Peng ^b   Yu, Qiongfen ^a  

^a YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

End loss effect; Increased optical efficiency; Optical end loss ratio; Parabolic trough solar collector (PTC)

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; SOLAR COLLECTORS;

APPLICABLE CONDITIONS; COMPENSATION METHOD; END LOSS EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; LOSS RATIO; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; PARABOLIC TROUGH SOLAR COLLECTORS; STUDY AND APPLICATIONS;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

CONTROL SYSTEM; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84926172358     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.01.048     Document Type: Article

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