CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATIONS FOR AN ENCLOSED HORIZONTAL COMPOUND PARABOLIC CAVITY SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR |
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| Authors: | AF KOTHDIWALA PC EAMES B NORTON |
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| Affiliation: | Centre for Sustainable Technologies, School of the Built Environment , University of Ulster , Newtownabbey, BT37 0QB, N. Ireland, UK |
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| Abstract: | Correlations between Nusselt and Grashof numbers have been proposed for convective heat transfer in compound parabolic concentrating solar energy collectors (CPCs). The discrepancies between these correlations are discussed. CPC designs considered range from a tubular absorber with or without an envelope; with one or two concentric envelopes; with eccentric envelopes; with various levels of reflector truncation and for a range of system inclination angles. |
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| Keywords: | Solar collector Heat transfer Convection |
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