Alternative designs of parabolic trough solar collectors

E Bellos, C Tzivanidis - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Parabolic trough collector (PTC) is the most established solar concentrating technology
worldwide. The conventional parabolic trough collectors are used in various applications of …

Modeling, simulation and performance analysis of parabolic trough solar collectors: A comprehensive review

İH Yılmaz, A Mwesigye - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Solar thermal systems are advantageous since it is easier to store heat than electricity on a
large scale. As such, concentrated solar power is receiving considerable interest among …

Enhancing the optical and thermal efficiency of a parabolic trough collector–A review

GK Manikandan, S Iniyan, R Goic - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Among the various available renewable energy sources such as wind, geothermal, tidal, bio
mass, etc., harnessing of solar energy has become quite popular in most of the countries …

Enhancing the performance of parabolic trough collectors using nanofluids and turbulators

E Bellos, C Tzivanidis, D Tsimpoukis - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Parabolic trough collector is one of the most usual solar collectors for applications up to 400°
C. The thermal enhancement of this collector concentrates a lot of interest and various …

CFD study of heat transfer and fluid flow in a parabolic trough solar receiver with internal annular porous structure and synthetic oil–Al2O3 nanofluid

MV Bozorg, MH Doranehgard, K Hong, Q **ong - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a finite volume method is employed to investigate the performance of a novel
parabolic trough solar collector with synthetic oil–Al 2 O 3 nanofluid as the heat transfer fluid …

Effect of hybrid nanofluid on heat transfer performance of parabolic trough solar collector receiver

R Ekiciler, K Arslan, O Turgut, B Kurşun - Journal of Thermal Analysis and …, 2021 - Springer
In this study, three-dimensional heat transfer and flow characteristics of hybrid nanofluids
under turbulent flow condition in a parabolic trough solar collector (PTC) receiver has been …

A review on the application of hybrid nanofluids for parabolic trough collector: Recent progress and outlook

AK Tiwari, V Kumar, Z Said, HK Paliwal - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
By far, the Parabolic trough collector (PTC) is the most established solar concentrating
technology worldwide. This paper draws a comparison among various studies done earlier …

A comprehensive review of parabolic trough solar collectors equipped with turbulators and numerical evaluation of hydrothermal performance of a novel model

MS Nazir, A Shahsavar, M Afrand, M Arıcı… - … energy technologies and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Absorber tube in parabolic trough concentrating systems is located at the location of the
focal line and a fluid passes through it, the temperature of which increases due to receiving …

A comprehensive review on the use of nano-fluids and nano-PCM in parabolic trough solar collectors (PTC)

ZA Nawsud, A Altouni, HS Akhijahani… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present study, a review is conducted on the state-of-the-art research on the potential of
nano-fluids in parabolic trough collectors (PTCs) in solar thermal systems. PTCs are one of …