A review on the application of hybrid nanofluids for parabolic trough collector: Recent progress and outlook

AK Tiwari, V Kumar, Z Said, HK Paliwal - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
By far, the Parabolic trough collector (PTC) is the most established solar concentrating
technology worldwide. This paper draws a comparison among various studies done earlier …

Review of heat transfer enhancement methods: Focus on passive methods using swirl flow devices

M Sheikholeslami, M Gorji-Bandpy, DD Ganji - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2015 - Elsevier
Economic reasons (material and energy saving) leads to make efforts for making more
efficient heat exchange. The heat transfer enhancement techniques are widely used in many …

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 …

Modeling, simulation and performance analysis of parabolic trough solar collectors: a comprehensive review

İH Yılmaz, A Mwesigye - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Enhancing the performance of parabolic trough collectors using nanofluids and turbulators

E Bellos, C Tzivanidis, D Tsimpoukis - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Parabolic trough collector is one of the most usual solar collectors for applications up to 400°
C. The thermal enhancement of this collector concentrates a lot of interest and various …

A comprehensive review on the use of nano-fluids and nano-PCM in parabolic trough solar collectors (PTC)

ZA Nawsud, A Altouni, HS Akhijahani… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present study, a review is conducted on the state-of-the-art research on the potential of
nano-fluids in parabolic trough collectors (PTCs) in solar thermal systems. PTCs are one of …

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 …

A comprehensive review of parabolic trough solar collectors equipped with turbulators and numerical evaluation of hydrothermal performance of a novel model

MS Nazir, A Shahsavar, M Afrand, M Arıcı… - … energy technologies and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Absorber tube in parabolic trough concentrating systems is located at the location of the
focal line and a fluid passes through it, the temperature of which increases due to receiving …

Parabolic trough solar collector for low enthalpy processes: An analysis of the efficiency enhancement by using twisted tape inserts

OA Jaramillo, M Borunda, KM Velazquez-Lucho… - Renewable energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Concentrated solar energy is a promising source of energy which is currently attracting
many efforts to enhance its exploitation. In particular, parabolic trough collectors for low …

Enhancing the overall thermal performance of a large aperture parabolic trough solar collector using wire coil inserts

İH Yılmaz, A Mwesigye, TT Göksu - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2020 - Elsevier
With the use of large apertures (higher concentration ratios) in parabolic trough solar
collectors, increased temperature gradients, increased heat losses and increased heat …