Optical, thermal and thermo-mechanical model for a larger-aperture parabolic trough concentrator system consisting of a novel flat secondary reflector and an improved absorber tube

Comparative study of heat transfer enhancement using different fins in semi-circular absorber tube for large-aperture trough solar concentrator

(2021) Jing-hu Gong et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Improving stability and heat transfer through a beam in a semi-circular absorber tube of a large-aperture trough solar concentrator

(2021) Jing-hu Gong et al.   ENERGY

Improving the performance of a 2-stage large aperture parabolic trough solar concentrator using a secondary reflector designed by adaptive method

(2020) Jing-hu Gong et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Improving the performance of large-aperture parabolic trough solar concentrator using semi-circular absorber tube with external fin and flat-plate radiation shield

(2020) Jing-hu Gong et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Theoretical and experimental performance of a two-stage (50X) hybrid spectrum splitting solar collector tested to 600 °C

(2019) Bennett Widyolar et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Temperature and thermal stress analysis of parabolic trough receivers

(2019) Dongqiang Lei et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

REMOVED: Experimental Performance of a Two-Stage (50X) Parabolic Trough Collector tested to 650 °C using a Suspended Particulate (Alumina) HTF [Applied Energy 222 (2018) 228-243]

(2018) Bennett Widyolar et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Spectrally selective solar absorber stable up to 900 °C for 120 h under ambient conditions

(2018) Hao Wang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Alternative designs of parabolic trough solar collectors

(2018) Evangelos Bellos et al.   PROGRESS IN ENERGY AND COMBUSTION SCIENCE

Review of the solar flux distribution in concentrated solar power: Non-uniform features, challenges, and solutions

(2018) Ya-Ling He et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Theoretical and experimental study on the uniformity of reflective high concentration photovoltaic system with light funnel

(2018) Cheng-Long Wang et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Parabolic trough receiver with corrugated tube for improving heat transfer and thermal deformation characteristics

(2016) Wang Fuqiang et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Functional multi-layer solar spectral selective absorbing coatings of AlCrSiN/AlCrSiON/AlCrO for high temperature applications

(2016) Changwei Zou et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Study on optical and thermal performance of a linear Fresnel solar reflector using molten salt as HTF with MCRT and FVM methods

(2015) Yu Qiu et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Comparative and sensitive analysis for parabolic trough solar collectors with a detailed Monte Carlo ray-tracing optical model

(2013) Z.D. Cheng et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

New second-stage concentrators (XX SMS) for parabolic primaries; Comparison with conventional parabolic trough concentrators

(2013) Diogo Canavarro et al.   SOLAR ENERGY