A detailed exergetic analysis of parabolic trough collectors

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 149, Issue , 2017, Pages 275-292

  Bellos, Evangelos ^a   Tzivanidis, Christos ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Exergetic efficiency; Exergy destruction; PTC; Thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

AIR; EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; METAL DRAWING; THERMAL ENGINEERING; WORKING FLUIDS;

ENGINEERING EQUATION SOLVERS; EXERGETIC ANALYSIS; EXERGETIC EFFICIENCY; EXERGY DESTRUCTIONS; INLET TEMPERATURE; OPERATING CONDITION; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 85025064714     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2017.07.035     Document Type: Article

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