A 1.2 MWth solar parabolic trough system based on air as heat transfer fluid at 500 °C — Engineering design, modelling, construction, and testing

Solar Energy

Volumn 139, Issue , 2016, Pages 398-411

  Good, Philipp ^a   Ambrosetti, Gianluca ^b   Pedretti, Andrea ^b   Steinfeld, Aldo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Airlight Energy Manufacturing SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air; Coiled tube; Cross flow; Enclosed trough; Parabolic trough; Solar receiver

Indexed keywords

AIR; COILED TUBING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); RIGID STRUCTURES; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

CROSS FLOWS; ENCLOSED TROUGH; ENERGY CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; PARABOLIC TROUGH; PARABOLIC TROUGH CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR RECEIVER;

HEAT TRANSFER;

AIR; DESIGN; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILM; HEAT TRANSFER; MODEL VALIDATION; SUPPORT STRUCTURE; THERMAL POWER;

MOROCCO;

EID: 84994060577     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2016.10.002     Document Type: Article

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