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dc.contributor.author | Kalogirou, Soteris A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Eleftheriou, Polyvios | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lloyd, Stephen J. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ward, John Paul | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-05-28T12:20:39Z | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-17T05:23:05Z | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-02T10:19:40Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2009-05-28T12:20:39Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-17T05:23:05Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-12-02T10:19:40Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1994-08 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Renewable Energy, 1994, vol. 5, no. 1-4, pp. 384-386 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 09601481 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/1337 | - |
dc.description | Presented at World Renewable Energy Congress, 1994, 11-16 September, Reading, U.K. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This paper describes a low cost method for mass-production of parabolic surfaces with fibreglass. Cavities produced with plastic conduits, covered with fibreglass at the back of the collector surface, provide reinforcement in the longitudinal and transverse directions, to increase rigidity. This produces a low-cost high-rigidity structure that is an accurate copy of the mould. The accuracy of the parabolic surface depends on the accuracy of the mould. The details of the mould production and the procedure for producing the parabolic surface are presented. The total thickness of the fibreglass is 4mm (mean value). The inside surface where the reflector is fixed is manufactured to a high degree of surface finish. The cost of the surface is US$ 30 per square metre of aperture area for 90° rim angle. The standard deviation of the distribution of the parabolic surface errors is found equal to 4.7 mrad which indicates a very accurate surface. The deflection of the surface to a force corresponding to a wind velocity of 90 MPH is well within reasonable limits. | en_US |
dc.format | en_US | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Renewable Energy | en_US |
dc.rights | © Elsevier | en_US |
dc.subject | Parabolic Trough | en_US |
dc.subject | Fibreglass parabolic castings | en_US |
dc.title | Low cost high accuracy parabolic troughs construction and evaluation | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.collaboration | Higher Technical Institute Cyprus | en_US |
dc.collaboration | University of Glamorgan | en_US |
dc.subject.category | Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
dc.journals | Hybrid Open Access | en_US |
dc.country | Cyprus | en_US |
dc.country | United Kingdom | en_US |
dc.subject.field | Engineering and Technology | en_US |
dc.publication | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/0960-1481(94)90401-4 | en_US |
dc.dept.handle | 123456789/54 | en |
dc.relation.issue | 1-4 | en_US |
dc.relation.volume | 5 | en_US |
cut.common.academicyear | 1995-1996 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 384 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 386 | en_US |
item.fulltext | No Fulltext | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.grantfulltext | none | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.openairetype | article | - |
crisitem.journal.journalissn | 0960-1481 | - |
crisitem.journal.publisher | Elsevier | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering | - |
crisitem.author.faculty | Faculty of Engineering and Technology | - |
crisitem.author.faculty | Faculty of Engineering and Technology | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0002-4497-0602 | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0002-7542-9237 | - |
crisitem.author.parentorg | Faculty of Engineering and Technology | - |
crisitem.author.parentorg | Faculty of Engineering and Technology | - |
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