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• Published Subscription 25 Apr 2016

  Experimental Analysis of a Novel Parabolic Trough Receiver for Direct Steam Generation

  By Balakumaran S. E, Pradeep kumar Sundarraj, Arun Pandianathan M., Ramagopalan A., Dipak Maity

  Abstract: Abstract In this paper, experimental study of a parabolic trough collector and novel receiver with concentric tubes (C-PTR) for direct steam generation is presented. The performance of the C-PTR system is extensively studied by varying the parameters such as the direct normal irradiance, the mass flow rate, the type of circulation and the amount of phase change material (PCM). The maximum thermal efficiency achieved using C-PTR is averaged about 58% …

  Published in Journal of Refrigeration, Air conditioning, Heating and ventilation · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 35–40 Read article →