THERMAL NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF A SMALL PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTOR UNDER DESERT CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

Numerical analysis of performance of solar parabolic trough collector with Cu-Water nanofluid

In the present work the effect of Cu-Water nanofluid, as heat transfer fluid, on the performance of a parabolic solar collector was studied numerically. The temperature field, thermal efficiency, mean-outlet temperatures have been evaluated and compared for the conventional parabolic collectors and nanofluid based collectors. Further, the effect of various parameters such as fluid velocity, vol...

Numerical analysis of performance of solar parabolic trough collector with Cu-Water nanofluid

In the present work the effect of Cu-Water nanofluid, as heat transfer fluid, on the performance of a parabolic solar collector was studied numerically. The temperature field, thermal efficiency, mean-outlet temperatures have been evaluated and compared for the conventional parabolic collectors and nanofluid based collectors. Further, the effect of various parameters such as fluid velocity, vol...

Development of a Low Cost European Parabolic Trough Collector EUROTrough

2 00 7 A closed parabolic trough solar collector

Parabolic trough[1] is the most mature technology for large scale exploitation of solar energy. Several power plants based on this technology have been operational for years, and more are being built. However, the current technology suffers from a too high installation cost. This high cost makes it very hard to compete economically with fossil energy without government subsidies, compromising t...

Ray-Thermal-Structural Coupled Analysis of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector System

An effective approach to sustainable energy is the utilization of solar energy. The parabolic trough collector with central receiver is one of the most suitable systems for solar power generation. A type of concentrating solar collector that uses U-shaped troughs to concentrate sunlight onto a receiver tube, containing a working fluid such as water or oil, which is positioned along the focal li...