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 and theoretical study for suitability of hybrid nano enhanced phase change material for thermal energy storage applications

VP Kalbande, G Fating, M Mohan, K Rambhad… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present experiment and analytical study was carried out for suitability analysis of novel
hybrid system of nano-enhanced Phase change material (PCM) for thermal energy storage …

A detailed review on solar parabolic trough collector

BH Upadhyay, AJ Patel, PV Ramana - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Solar Energy is a renewable energy source which provides thermal energy without any cost.
Solar energy harnessed in the form of thermal energy or electrical energy. Researchers …

Performance of oil‐based thermal storage system with parabolic trough solar collector using Al2O3 and soybean oil nanofluid

VP Kalbande, PV Walke… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Oil‐based thermal energy storage system with solar collector has become populous due to
its simple design and characteristics. Majorly, the solar‐based thermal storage systems …

Experimental investigation of parabolic trough collector system under Tunisian climate: Design, manufacturing and performance assessment

M Chafie, MFB Aissa, S Bouadila, M Balghouthi… - Applied thermal …, 2016 - Elsevier
Nowadays, there are many forms of renewable energy resources, among which there is the
solar energy which is the most used one. Parabolic trough collector (PTC) is one of the …

A simplified opto-thermal assessment and economic study of parabolic dish solar concentrator pondering on the receiver position induced uncertainties

Y Aldali, A Elmansuri, B Belgasim, A Sagade… - Thermal Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the opto-thermal and economic assessment of low-cost solar
parabolic dish concentrators (PDC), focusing on the receiver position-induced uncertainties …

Optical and thermal evaluations of a medium temperature parabolic trough solar collector used in a cooling installation

M Balghouthi, ABH Ali, SE Trabelsi… - Energy conversion and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Concentrated solar power technology constitute an interesting option to meet a part of future
energy demand, especially when considering the high levels of solar radiation and …

[HTML][HTML] Multiobjective design optimization of parabolic trough collectors

MM Kasem - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Despite the large amount of research conducted on PTC performance analysis, few and rare
numbers of research have considered the design optimization of PTCs. In the present work …

Experimental performance evaluation of a parabolic dish solar geyser using a generalized approach for decentralized applications

AA Sagade, A Mawire, B Belgasim, MA Tawfik… - Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar water heating is one of the established technologies with several designs. However,
the use of deep parabolic dishes for continuous water heating is limited. This paper explores …

Recent advancement of nanofluids in solar concentrating collectors: A brief review

S Ram, SK Yadav, A Kumar - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023 - Elsevier
Employing nanofluids as a working fluid is very interesting idea which is preferably a mixture
of a base liquid with a certain volume fraction of nanoparticles of nanometre size. This brief …