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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

CFD Modeling of a Parabolic Trough Receiver of Different Cross Section Shapes

Authors : Anissa Ghomrassi, Hatem Mhiri, Philippe Bournot

Published in: CFD Techniques and Thermo-Mechanics Applications

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In this paper, the parabolic trough collector (PTC) is numerically examined with the aim to choose the most appropriate receiver tube configuration. In order to carry out this study, the adopted method comprises two major steps. In the first step, the concentrated solar heat flux densities in a focal zone are calculated by SOLTRACE software. In the second step, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are performed to analyze and optimize the thermal performance of the tube receiver. The calculated heat flux densities by the SOLTRACE software are used as heat flux wall boundary conditions for the receiver tube. The effect of the absorber tube cross section shape on the performance of the PTC system is analyzed. Triangular-, rectangular-, and circular-shaped tubes are tested and results are compared.

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Metadata
Title
CFD Modeling of a Parabolic Trough Receiver of Different Cross Section Shapes
Authors
Anissa Ghomrassi
Hatem Mhiri
Philippe Bournot
Copyright Year
2018
Book
CFD Techniques and Thermo-Mechanics Applications

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-70944-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-70945-1

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70945-1_4

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