Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Study and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Receiver Tube J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;137(5):051003-051003-10. doi:10.1115/1.4030849 Figure Legend: Comparison between the soltrace code and Jeter's [2] results by LCR distribution on the focal plane of PTC for solar radius of 16 in

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Study and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Receiver Tube J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;137(5):051003-051003-10. doi:10.1115/1.4030849 Figure Legend: Schematic of studied PTC

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Study and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Receiver Tube J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;137(5):051003-051003-10. doi:10.1115/1.4030849 Figure Legend: Schematic of tube receiver longitudinal cross section

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Study and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Receiver Tube J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;137(5):051003-051003-10. doi:10.1115/1.4030849 Figure Legend: Solar heat flux density distribution concentrated on the receiver tube periphery

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Study and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Receiver Tube J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;137(5):051003-051003-10. doi:10.1115/1.4030849 Figure Legend: Solar heat flux distribution reaching tube receiver periphery for different inner diameters

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Study and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Receiver Tube J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;137(5):051003-051003-10. doi:10.1115/1.4030849 Figure Legend: (a) Description of the receiver tube and (b) longitudinal and cross section mesh details

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Study and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Receiver Tube J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;137(5):051003-051003-10. doi:10.1115/1.4030849 Figure Legend: Velocity profiles for different cross sections

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Study and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Receiver Tube J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;137(5):051003-051003-10. doi:10.1115/1.4030849 Figure Legend: Temperature contour of tube receiver outlet surface

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Study and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Receiver Tube J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;137(5):051003-051003-10. doi:10.1115/1.4030849 Figure Legend: Working fluid outlet temperature for different inner tube diameters

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Study and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Receiver Tube J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;137(5):051003-051003-10. doi:10.1115/1.4030849 Figure Legend: Convective heat transfer coefficient for different tube receiver diameters

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Study and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Receiver Tube J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;137(5):051003-051003-10. doi:10.1115/1.4030849 Figure Legend: Thermal efficiency of the PTC for different tube receiver diameters

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Study and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Receiver Tube J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;137(5):051003-051003-10. doi:10.1115/1.4030849 Figure Legend: Glass envelope temperatures for different tube receiver diameters

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Study and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Receiver Tube J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;137(5):051003-051003-10. doi:10.1115/1.4030849 Figure Legend: Working fluid outlet temperature for different inner tube diameters with and without extra metallic thicknesses

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Study and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Receiver Tube J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;137(5):051003-051003-10. doi:10.1115/1.4030849 Figure Legend: Convective heat transfer coefficients for different tube diameters (drn) with different metallic thicknesses

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Study and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Receiver Tube J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;137(5):051003-051003-10. doi:10.1115/1.4030849 Figure Legend: Thermal efficiency for different tube receiver diameters with different metallic thicknesses