Effect of number of supports on the bending of absorber tube of parabolic trough concentrator

Energy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 1788-1803

  Khanna, Sourav ^a   Sharma, Vashi ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b MALAVIYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Absorber tube; Bending; Deflection; Parabolic trough

Indexed keywords

BENDING (FORMING); DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES);

ABSORBER TUBES; ANALYTICAL EQUATIONS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; AS NUMBERS; NON-UNIFORMITIES; PARABOLIC TROUGH; PARABOLIC TROUGH CONCENTRATORS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ABSORPTION; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; DEFLECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 84954571642     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.10.020     Document Type: Article

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