Roba Tarek AbdelFatah*, Irene S. Fahim, Mohamed Mahran Kasem
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.22, No.1, pp. 317-339, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2023.044706
Abstract Parabolic trough solar collectors (PTCs) are among the most cost-efficient solar thermal technologies. They have several applications, such as feed heaters, boilers, steam generators, and electricity generators. A PTC is a concentrated solar power system that uses parabolic reflectors to focus sunlight onto a tube filled with heat-transfer fluid. PTCs performance can be investigated using optical and thermal mathematical models. These models calculate the amount of energy entering the receiver, the amount of usable collected energy, and the amount of heat loss due to convection and radiation. There are several methods and configurations that have been developed so far; however,… More >
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