Investigation of parabolic trough collector receiver with U-pipe exchanger using a numerical approach: Towards temperature non-uniformity optimization
Mohammed Halimi, Aumeur El Amrani, Meriem Chaanaoui, Abdel-illah Amrani, Oumachtaq Ayoub, Choukri Messaoudi
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Parabolic troughThermalHeat exchangerMaterials scienceFluentInletVolumetric flow rateHeat fluxThermal efficiencyMechanicsTrough (economics)Mass flow rateWork (physics)Computer simulationOpticsMechanical engineeringThermodynamicsHeat transferChemistryPhysicsEngineeringOrganic chemistryCombustionEconomicsMacroeconomicsSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic SystemsPhotovoltaic System Optimization TechniquesSolar Radiation and Photovoltaics