Optical efficiency measurement of solar receiver tubes: A testbed and case studies

Knowledge of the parabolic-trough collector (PTC) solar receiver performance is essential in solar thermal power plants using this type of collector technology because it is the component responsible for collecting the solar radiation and transferring it in the form of thermal energy to the heat tra...

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Main Authors: Rafael López-Martín, Loreto Valenzuela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X18301217