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Heat transfer analysis of parabolic trough solar receiver
Ricardo Vasquez Padilla,Ricardo Vasquez Padilla,Gokmen Demirkaya,D. Yogi Goswami,Elias K. Stefanakos,Muhammad M. Rahman +5 more
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In this paper, a detailed one dimensional numerical heat transfer analysis of a solar parabolic trough collector is performed, where the receiver and envelope are divided into several segments and mass and energy balance are applied in each segment.About:
This article is published in Applied Energy.The article was published on 2011-12-01. It has received 291 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Heat transfer & Heat transfer coefficient.read more
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Concentrating Solar Power.
Lee A. Weinstein,James Loomis,James Loomis,Bikram Bhatia,David M. Bierman,Evelyn N. Wang,Gang Chen +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-Energy) gave DE-AR0000471 and DE-ARM0000181 for the first time, respectively.
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A MCRT and FVM coupled simulation method for energy conversion process in parabolic trough solar collector
TL;DR: In this article, a coupled simulation method based on Monte Carlo Ray Trace (MCRT) and Finite Volume Method (FVM) is established to solve the complex coupled heat transfer problem of radiation, heat conduction and convection in parabolic trough solar collector system.
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Heat transfer analysis and numerical simulation of a parabolic trough solar collector
TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed numerical heat transfer model based on the finite volume method for these equipment is presented, where the different elements of the receiver are discretised into several segments in both axial and azimuthal directions and energy balances are applied for each control volume.
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Review of heat transfer fluids in tube-receivers used in concentrating solar thermal systems: Properties and heat transfer coefficients
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review of current and future liquid, gas, supercritical, two-phase and particulate heat transfer fluid (HTF) technologies for solar thermal power plants.
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A review of solar parabolic trough collector
TL;DR: In this article, the performance and efficiency of solar parabolic trough collector is discussed. And the pertinent applications of solar energy such as air heating system, desalination, refrigeration, industrial heating purposes and power plants are reviewed.
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Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an active and passive building heating system for solar thermal power systems, where the active system is designed by f--chart and the passive one by Utilizability Methods.