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 …

Solar energy is one among the freely available clean forms of renewable energy. Many
technologies have been developed in India for extracting energy from assorted renewable …

Growing need to develop and improve the effectiveness of heat exchangers has led to a
broad range of investigations for increasing heat transfer rate along with decreasing the size …

This paper presents results of a numerical study on the thermal and thermodynamic
performance of a high concentration ratio parabolic trough solar collector using Cu …

In this paper, results of a thermodynamic analysis using the entropy generation minimisation
method for a parabolic trough receiver tube making use of a synthetic oil–Al 2 O 3 nanofluid …

Solar Parabolic Trough Collectors (PTCs) are currently used for the production of electricity
and applications with relatively higher temperatures. A heat transfer fluid circulates through …

In the present work, a novel parabolic trough solar collector model has been developed and
validated. The validation has been carried out through a comparison with results of previous …

Parabolic trough solar collector is the most proven industry-scale solar generation
technology today available. The thermal performance of such devices is of major interest for …

The thermodynamics of a Parabolic Trough Solar Collector (PTC) play an important role in
solar energy and the efficiency of the collectors. This report presents an up-to-date review on …

In this paper, a numerical investigation of thermal and thermodynamic performance of a
receiver for a parabolic trough solar collector with perforated plate inserts is presented. The …