A review of solar parabolic trough collector

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 1085-1091

  Jebasingh, V K ^a   Herbert, G M Joselin ^a  

^a NOORUL ISLAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Desalination and power plant; Efficiency; Parabolic trough collector; Performance analysis

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; SOLAR COLLECTORS;

AIR HEATING SYSTEM; DESALINATION AND POWER PLANT; ENERGY; MAXIMA EXTRACTION; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCES ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84954157907     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.043     Document Type: Review

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