Numerical thermal study on effect of porous rings on performance of solar parabolic trough collector

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 118, Issue , 2017, Pages 807-816

  Ebrahim Ghasemi, Seyed ^a   Akbar Ranjbar, Ali ^a  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Porous ring; RNG k model; Solar parabolic trough collector; Syltherm 800; Thermal study

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR COLLECTORS;

HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; POROUS RINGS; SYLTHERM 800; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL STUDY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TURBULENT FLOW; TURBULENT MODELS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 85015436916     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.03.021     Document Type: Article

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