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Title: Construction Details and Performance Characteristics of a Parabolic Trough Collector System
Authors: Kalogirou, Soteris A. 
Lloyd, Stephen J. 
Major Field of Science: Engineering and Technology
Field Category: Environmental Engineering
Keywords: Parabolic Trough Solar Collector
Issue Date: 1992
Source: International Conference on Applications of Solar and Renewable Energy Congress, Cairo, Egypt, No. 40, pp. 437-446.
Conference: International Conference on Applications of Solar and Renewable Energy Congress 
Abstract: The construction details and the performance characteristics of a Parabolic Trough Solar Collector system are presented in this paper. Two main items of the system are presented namely; the collector and the tracking mechanism. From the results obtained the collector performance equation is given by: n = 0.642 - 0.441 (~T/I) The collector time constant is equal to 30 sec and its half acceptance angle is 0.5°. The tracking mechanism proved to be very reliable and accurate. Its maximum error is 0.2°. From all the above results it can concluded that the Parabolic Trough Collector System is a viable means for harnessing solar energy.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/2430
Type: Conference Papers
Affiliation : Higher Technical Institute Cyprus 
Polytechnic of Wales 
Appears in Collections:Δημοσιεύσεις σε συνέδρια /Conference papers or poster or presentation

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