A review of solar collectors and thermal energy storage in solar thermal applications
Yuan Tian,Changying Zhao +1 more
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In this article, the authors provide a review of solar collectors and thermal energy storage systems, including both non-concentrating collectors and concentrating collectors, in terms of optical optimisation, heat loss reduction, heat recuperation enhancement and different sun-tracking mechanisms.About:
This article is published in Applied Energy.The article was published on 2013-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1370 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofluids in solar collectors & Thermal energy storage.read more
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