VALIDATED, UNIFIED MODEL FOR OPTICS AND HEAT-TRANSFER IN LINE-AXIS CONCENTRATING SOLAR-ENERGY COLLECTORS

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作者
EAMES, PC
NORTON, B
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[1] PROBE: centre for Performance Research On the Built Environment, Department of Building and Environmental Engineering, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey
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10.1016/0038-092X(93)90028-M
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TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
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0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
A rigorous numerical simulation model for the prediction of the combined optical and thermofluid behaviour of line-axis concentrating solar energy collectors combines two-dimensional steady-state finite element analysis of convective heat transfer and ray-trace techniques. The optical analysis considers both direct and diffuse insolation components and is therefore useful for the analysis of compound parabolic concentrating collectors. Experiments using Mach-Zehnder interferometry indicate a parametric range for which such a two-dimensional representation is valid.
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