Different ways to improve parabolic trough solar collectors' performance over the last four decades and their applications: A comprehensive review

W Ajbar, A Parrales, A Huicochea… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents an extensive review of experimental, numerical, and numerical-
experimental studies focused on compiling different aspects that lead to improved PTSC …

An extensive review of various technologies for enhancing the thermal and optical performances of parabolic trough collectors

N Abed, I Afgan - International Journal of Energy Research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A wide range of engineering industrial applications require both the thermal and optical
efficiencies of the system to be maximized with a reasonable low penalty for the friction …

A thermal efficiency-enhancing strategy of parabolic trough collector systems by cascadingly applying multiple solar selective-absorbing coatings

K Zhao, H **, Z Gai, H Hong - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
For a long time, the pathway for enhancing solar collector thermal efficiency of solar energy
converting into heat has been blocked because state-of-the-art parabolic trough collectors …

A novel parabolic trough receiver enhanced by integrating a transparent aerogel and wing-like mirrors

Y Qiu, Y Zhang, Q Li, Y Xu, ZX Wen - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel evacuated receiver was proposed to improve the efficiency of the
parabolic trough collector. In this receiver, a solar-transparent aerogel supported by a glass …

Techno-economic assessment of performance-enhanced parabolic trough receiver in concentrated solar power plants

Q Wang, G Pei, H Yang - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar-to-thermal conversion efficiency of the parabolic trough collector significantly
degrades at high operating temperatures, which exerts seriously negative effects on the …

Enhancing the performance of a parabolic trough collector with combined thermal and optical techniques

E Bellos, C Tzivanidis - Applied thermal engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
The objective of this work is the investigation of different thermal enhancements methods in
the LS-2 parabolic trough collector. The use of internal longitudinal fins and of a reflector …

Selective absorber coatings and technological advancements in performance enhancement for parabolic trough solar collector

AR Asaad Yasseen, S Istvan, F Istvan - Journal of Thermal Science, 2022 - Springer
Parabolic trough solar collector systems are the most advanced concentrating solar power
technology for large-scale power generation purposes. The current work reviews various …

Efficiency enhancement of a solar trough collector by combining solar and hot mirrors

Y Qiu, Y Xu, Q Li, J Wang, Q Wang, B Liu - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Parabolic trough collector is an up-and-coming technology for urban energy supply. To
further enhance the optical-thermal efficiency of the collector, a modified receiver enhanced …

[HTML][HTML] Concentrated solar power tower systems coupled locally with spectrally selective coatings for enhancement of solar-thermal conversion and economic …

Q Wang, Y Yao, Z Shen, M Hu, H Yang - Green Energy and Resources, 2023 - Elsevier
Tower receivers in next-generation concentrated solar power towers (SPTs) face an
increasing challenge to suppress the massive radiation heat loss associated with an …

Thermal performance investigation of the newly shaped vacuum tubes of parabolic trough collector system

T Hu, TH Kwan, H Zhang, Q Wang, G Pei - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The parabolic trough collector (PTC) system is currently the most mature technology for
concentrator solar power (CSP) plants. However, the huge radiative heat loss under high …