Progress in research and technological advancements of commercial concentrated solar thermal power plants

MI Khan, F Asfand, SG Al-Ghamdi - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A global transition towards more sustainable production and consumption systems is
underway. This transition process is particularly visible in energy systems, where modern …

Comprehensive review of line-focus concentrating solar thermal technologies: parabolic trough collector (PTC) vs linear Fresnel reflector (LFR)

J Sun, Z Zhang, L Wang, Z Zhang, J Wei - Journal of Thermal Science, 2020 - Springer
In the present review, parabolic trough collector (PTC) and linear Fresnel reflector (LFR) are
comprehensively and comparatively reviewed in terms of historical background …

A numerical analysis of the energy and entropy generation rate in a Linear Fresnel Reflector using computational fluid dynamics

OA López-Núñez, JA Alfaro-Ayala, OA Jaramillo… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This work presents an energy and entropy generation analysis of a Linear Fresnel Reflector
using the Computational Fluid Dynamics. It consists of 25 mirrors oriented to a receiver tube …

[HTML][HTML] Heat loss analysis review: Parabolic trough and linear Fresnel collectors

P Alamdari, M Khatamifar, W Lin - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Linear concentrating solar power systems represent the most commonly installed types of
concentrating solar power systems. These systems can be categorized into two types …

Solar LFR system with new cavity reflector employing DO model

Z Ebrahimpour, SA Farshad… - ZAMM‐Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In current context, to achieve lower heat loss in Linear Fresnel reflector (LFR) unit,
innovative configuration for cavity has been offered. This cavity consists of one hot circular …

Solar energy application for LFR unit with trapezoidal cavity receiver considering radiative mode

Z Ebrahimpour, M Sheikholeslami, SA Farshad… - Physica …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In current article, influence of radiation and convection modes on behavior of air inside an
absorber in trapezoidal shape has been investigated. Such cavity is part of Linear Fresnel …

Heat transfer within linear Fresnel unit using parabolic reflector

Z Ebrahimpour, SA Farshad… - International Journal of …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper scrutinizes exergy loss and hydrothermal analysis of Linear Fresnel
Reflector (LFR) unit by means of FLUENT. Several mirrors were used to guide the solar …

[PDF][PDF] Linear Fresnel Solar Collector Concentrator–A review

P Scalco¹, JB Copetti, MH Macagnan, JD de Oliveira - 2021 - researchgate.net
Concentrated solar power is one of the most promising and competitive ways to generate
energy by using incident solar irradiation. Among the existing technologies, Linear Fresnel …

Solution of a Coupled Conduction–Radiation Inverse Heat Transfer Problem with the Topographical Global Optimization Method

LCS Jardim, DC Knupp, WF Sacco… - … Intelligence in Emerging …, 2020 - Springer
The method entitled topographical global optimization (TGO) is used to solve an inverse
problem of heat transfer by coupled conduction and radiation. The TGO selects points from a …

Fuzzy Levenberg-Marquardt damping factor update strategy and Tikhonov regularization applied to a coupled conduction-radiation inverse heat transfer problem.

L Jardim, DC Knupp, DA Pelta… - High Temperatures …, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract The recently proposed Fuzzy Levenberg-Marquardt Damping Factor Updating
Strategy (FLM) is used along with Tikhonov Regularization (TR) in order to solve a coupled …