Progress in concentrated solar power technology with parabolic trough collector system: A comprehensive review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 79, Issue , 2017, Pages 1314-1328

  Fuqiang, Wang ^a   Ziming, Cheng ^a   Jianyu, Tan ^a   Yuan, Yuan ^a   Yong, Shuai ^a   Linhua, Liu ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Concentrated solar power; CSP plant; Heat transfer fluid; Parabolic trough collector; Tube receiver

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; HEAT TRANSFER; INVESTMENTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

COLLECTOR SYSTEMS; CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER PLANT; ENERGY UTILIZATION TECHNOLOGIES; HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY UTILIZATION; SOLAR POWER TECHNOLOGIES; TUBE RECEIVER;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER;

EID: 85019758192     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.05.174     Document Type: Review

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