Progress in concentrated solar power technology with parabolic trough collector system: A comprehensive review

W Fuqiang, C Ziming, T Jianyu, Y Yuan, S Yong… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Advanced solar energy utilization technology requires high-grade energy to achieve the
most efficient application with compact size and least capital investment recovery period …

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 …

Alternative designs of parabolic trough solar collectors

E Bellos, C Tzivanidis - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Parabolic trough collector (PTC) is the most established solar concentrating technology
worldwide. The conventional parabolic trough collectors are used in various applications of …

Concentrating solar power best practices study

M Mehos, H Price, R Cable, D Kearney, B Kelly, G Kolb… - 2020 - osti.gov
The primary objective of this Concentrating Solar Power Best Practices Study is to publish
best practices and lessons learned from the engineering, construction, commissioning …

Optimization of concentrating solar thermal power plant based on parabolic trough collector

NB Desai, S Bandyopadhyay - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015 - Elsevier
Concentrating solar power (CSP) plant with parabolic trough collector (PTC) using synthetic
or organic oil based heat transfer fluid is the most established and commercially attractive …

A hybrid parabolic trough solar collector system integrated with photovoltaics

Q Wang, Y Yao, Z Shen, H Yang - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
It is challenging to reduce the massive radiation heat loss from the parabolic trough solar
receiver and enhance the solar utilization efficiency of the parabolic trough collector (PTC) …

Experimental investigation of a parabolic trough collector-thermoelectric generator (PTC-TEG) hybrid solar system with a pressurized heat transfer fluid

M Gharzi, AM Kermani, HT Shamsabadi - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Concentrating solar power (CSP) plants that used thermal parabolic trough collectors (PTC)
are the most suitable technology in the clean power production. Several efforts have been …

Solar collector field design and viability analysis of stand-alone parabolic trough power plants for Indian conditions

KS Reddy, KR Kumar - Energy for Sustainable development, 2012 - Elsevier
The parabolic trough collector is one of the most proven and commercial concentrating solar
power (CSP) technologies. The implementation of parabolic trough in large scale power …

Enhancing the optical and thermal efficiency of a parabolic trough collector–A review

GK Manikandan, S Iniyan, R Goic - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Among the various available renewable energy sources such as wind, geothermal, tidal, bio
mass, etc., harnessing of solar energy has become quite popular in most of the countries …

Concentrated solar power technology in India: A review

JP Bijarniya, K Sudhakar, P Baredar - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Conventional power plants suffer from issues like fuel scarcity, availability of site and other
environmental concerns. Alternate technologies based on renewable energy sources …