Transient Characterization of Multiple Parabolic Trough Collector Loops in a 100 MW CSP Plant for Solar Energy Harvesting

Energy Procedia

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 24-33

  Almasabi, A ^a   Alobaidli, A ^b   Zhang, T J ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Shams Power Company   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Distributed Modeling; Parabolic Trough Collector; Solar Energy Harvesting; Transient

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY HARVESTING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; TRANSIENTS;

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; DISTRIBUTED MODELING; ENERGY EFFICIENT OPERATIONS; FAULT DIAGNOSIS TOOLS; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTIONS; THERMAL POWER GENERATION;

TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84943639688     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.03.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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