✦ LIBER ✦
Flow distributions of the heat transfer fluid for E-W and N-S alignments of CPC solar energy collectors
✍ Scribed by D.E. Prapas; B. Norton; S.D. Probert
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Weight
- 359 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0741-983X
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✦ Synopsis
The flow distributions through the absorber tubes of a CPC collector are analysed for both E-W and N-S alignments of the collector. It is shown that the flow distribution is non-uniform in an E-W alignment, compared with a close approximation to a uniform distribution for the N-S alignment. However, both flow distributions are shown to be beneficial with respect to the collector's thermal performance.