Experimental investigation of parabolic trough collector system under Tunisian climate: Design, manufacturing and performance assessment

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 101, Issue , 2016, Pages 273-283

  Chafie, Mohamed ^a   Ben Aissa, Mohamed Fadhel ^a   Bouadila, Salwa ^a   Balghouthi, Moncef ^a   Farhat, Abdelhamid ^a   Guizani, Amenallah ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF ENERGY   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Collector performance; Design; Parabolic trough collector; Solar energy; Testing

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; DESIGN; ENERGY RESOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; TESTING;

COLLECTOR PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DEVICES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEATING AND COOLING; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85027918254     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.02.073     Document Type: Article

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