Commercial parabolic trough CSP plants: Research trends and technological advancements

AB Awan, MN Khan, M Zubair, E Bellos - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar energy is an auspicious renewal energy source because of its abundant availability
and its flexibility to be converted into heat or into electricity. Concentrated solar power …

Experimental and numerical studies of thermal performance enhancement in the receiver part of solar parabolic trough collectors

G Kumaresan, P Sudhakar, R Santosh… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
A solar collector is a device which helps to harnesses solar radiation into useful form of
energy. Among various solar collectors, the parabolic trough collector (PTC) is considered to …

Experimental investigation of porous disc enhanced receiver for solar parabolic trough collector

KS Reddy, KR Kumar, CS Ajay - Renewable Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
In this article, experimental investigation of 15 m 2 solar parabolic trough collector with
porous disc enhanced receiver is carried out according to ASHRAE 93-1986 test procedure …

Experimental study of productivity progress for a solar still integrated with parabolic trough collectors with a phase change material in the receiver evacuated tubes …

MMK Dawood, T Nabil, AE Kabeel, AI Shehata… - Journal of Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aimed to improve the productivity of conventional single slope solar still by
integrating the evacuated tube on the focusing axis of a parabolic trough collector (PTC) and …

Performance studies of a solar parabolic trough collector with a thermal energy storage system

G Kumaresan, R Sridhar, R Velraj - Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Concentrating collectors are used primarily for power generation applications, though recent
applications include industrial process heating and institutional cooking. In the present work …

The efficiency of an open-cavity tubular solar receiver for a small-scale solar thermal Brayton cycle

WG Le Roux, T Bello-Ochende, JP Meyer - Energy Conversion and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The first law and second law efficiencies are determined for a stainless steel closed-tube
open rectangular cavity solar receiver. It is to be used in a small-scale solar thermal Brayton …

Thermal cooling efficacy of a solar water pump using Oldroyd-B (aluminum alloy-titanium alloy/engine oil) hybrid nanofluid by applying new version for the model of …

F Shahzad, W Jamshed, MR Eid, R Safdar… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Solar radiation, which is emitted by the sun, is required to properly operate photovoltaic cells
and solar water pumps (SWP). A parabolic trough surface collector (PTSC) installation …

Efficiency evaluation of solar water-pump using nanofluids in parabolic trough solar collector: 2nd order convergent approach

F Shahzad, W Jamshed, A Ahmad… - Waves in Random …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The important nuclear energy supply from the solar is daylight-based energy, and its miles
are applied extensively in advances, for example, solar primarily based water siphons and …

Thermal valuation and entropy inspection of second-grade nanoscale fluid flow over a stretching surface by applying Koo–Kleinstreuer–Li relation

F Shahzad, W Jamshed, R Safdar… - Nanotechnology …, 2022 - degruyter.com
There are flow research centers on magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) emission of auxiliary
liquid in an extended region. The prevailing model is constrained by attractions/infusion and …

Impact of air flow rate on drying of apples and performance assessment of parabolic trough solar collector

F Ullah, M Kang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of the study was to find the performance of parabolic trough solar collector used for
the dehydration process of seasonal fruits with the effect of air flow rates. The experiment …