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Parabolic-trough solar collectors and their applications

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  1. Okoroigwe, Edmund & Madhlopa, Amos, 2016. "An integrated combined cycle system driven by a solar tower: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 337-350.
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  7. Abdulhamed, Ali Jaber & Adam, Nor Mariah & Ab-Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin & Hairuddin, Abdul Aziz, 2018. "Review of solar parabolic-trough collector geometrical and thermal analyses, performance, and applications," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 91(C), pages 822-831.
  8. Silva, R. & Pérez, M. & Fernández-Garcia, A., 2013. "Modeling and co-simulation of a parabolic trough solar plant for industrial process heat," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 287-300.
  9. Khanna, Sourav & Sharma, Vashi, 2015. "Effect of number of supports on the bending of absorber tube of parabolic trough concentrator," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 93(P2), pages 1788-1803.
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  11. Ahmadlouydarab, Majid & Anari, Tahereh Dana & Akbarzadeh, Alireza, 2022. "Experimental study on cylindrical and flat plate solar collectors’ thermal efficiency comparison," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 190(C), pages 848-864.
  12. Nation, Deju D. & Heggs, Peter J. & Dixon-Hardy, Darron W., 2017. "Modelling and simulation of a novel Electrical Energy Storage (EES) Receiver for Solar Parabolic Trough Collector (PTC) power plants," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 195(C), pages 950-973.
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  14. Liu, Shuaishuai & Yang, Bin & Hou, Yutian & Yu, Xiaohui, 2022. "Effects of geometric configurations on the thermal-mechanical properties of parabolic trough receivers based on coupled optical-thermal-stress model," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 199(C), pages 929-942.
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  17. Sun, Honghang & Gong, Bo & Yao, Qiang, 2014. "A review of wind loads on heliostats and trough collectors," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 32(C), pages 206-221.
  18. Guillot, Stéphanie & Faik, Abdessamad & Rakhmatullin, Aydar & Lambert, Julien & Veron, Emmanuel & Echegut, Patrick & Bessada, Catherine & Calvet, Nicolas & Py, Xavier, 2012. "Corrosion effects between molten salts and thermal storage material for concentrated solar power plants," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 174-181.
  19. Crisostomo, Felipe & Taylor, Robert A. & Surjadi, Desiree & Mojiri, Ahmad & Rosengarten, Gary & Hawkes, Evatt R., 2015. "Spectral splitting strategy and optical model for the development of a concentrating hybrid PV/T collector," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 238-246.
  20. Claudia Toro & Matteo V. Rocco & Emanuela Colombo, 2016. "Exergy and Thermoeconomic Analyses of Central Receiver Concentrated Solar Plants Using Air as Heat Transfer Fluid," Energies, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-17, October.
  21. Kaloudis, E. & Papanicolaou, E. & Belessiotis, V., 2016. "Numerical simulations of a parabolic trough solar collector with nanofluid using a two-phase model," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 218-229.
  22. Praveen R. P. & Mohammad Abdul Baseer & Ahmed Bilal Awan & Muhammad Zubair, 2018. "Performance Analysis and Optimization of a Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plant in the Middle East Region," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-18, March.
  23. Drosou, Vassiliki & Kosmopoulos, Panos & Papadopoulos, Agis, 2016. "Solar cooling system using concentrating collectors for office buildings: A case study for Greece," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 697-708.
  24. Gupta, M.K. & Kaushik, S.C. & Ranjan, K.R. & Panwar, N.L. & Reddy, V. Siva & Tyagi, S.K., 2015. "Thermodynamic performance evaluation of solar and other thermal power generation systems: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 567-582.
  25. Chuan Jiang & Lei Yu & Song Yang & Keke Li & Jun Wang & Peter D. Lund & Yaoming Zhang, 2020. "A Review of the Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC) with a Tubular Absorber," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-31, February.
  26. Nkwetta, Dan Nchelatebe & Sandercock, Jim, 2016. "A state-of-the-art review of solar air-conditioning systems," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 1351-1366.
  27. Gong, Jing-hu & Wang, Jun & Lund, Peter D. & Hu, En-yi & Xu, Zhi-cheng & Liu, Guang-peng & Li, Guo-shuai, 2020. "Improving the performance of a 2-stage large aperture parabolic trough solar concentrator using a secondary reflector designed by adaptive method," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 152(C), pages 23-33.
  28. Lozano-Medina, Alexis & Manzano, Luis & Marcos, José D. & Blanco-Marigorta, Ana M., 2019. "Design of a concentrating solar thermal collector installation for a hotel complex in Gran Canaria," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 183(C), pages 803-811.
  29. Wang, Yinfeng & Lu, Beibei & Chen, Haijun & Fan, Hongtu & Taylor, Robert A. & Zhu, Yuezhao, 2017. "Experimental investigation of the thermal performance of a horizontal two-phase loop thermosiphon suitable for solar parabolic trough receivers operating at 200–400 °C," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 289-304.
  30. Lamrani, Bilal & Kuznik, Frédéric & Draoui, Abdeslam, 2020. "Thermal performance of a coupled solar parabolic trough collector latent heat storage unit for solar water heating in large buildings," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 411-426.
  31. Bortolato, Matteo & Dugaria, Simone & Del Col, Davide, 2016. "Experimental study of a parabolic trough solar collector with flat bar-and-plate absorber during direct steam generation," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 116(P1), pages 1039-1050.
  32. Omar, Amr & Nashed, Amir & Li, Qiyuan & Leslie, Greg & Taylor, Robert A., 2020. "Pathways for integrated concentrated solar power - Desalination: A critical review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
  33. Zou, Bin & Dong, Jiankai & Yao, Yang & Jiang, Yiqiang, 2016. "An experimental investigation on a small-sized parabolic trough solar collector for water heating in cold areas," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 163(C), pages 396-407.
  34. Bouvier, Jean-Louis & Michaux, Ghislain & Salagnac, Patrick & Nepveu, François & Rochier, Dominique & Kientz, Thiebaut, 2015. "Experimental characterisation of a solar parabolic trough collector used in a micro-CHP (micro-cogeneration) system with direct steam generation," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 474-485.
  35. Majedul Islam & Prasad Yarlagadda & Azharul Karim, 2018. "Effect of the Orientation Schemes of the Energy Collection Element on the Optical Performance of a Parabolic Trough Concentrating Collector," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-20, December.
  36. Cheng, Z.D. & He, Y.L. & Cui, F.Q. & Du, B.C. & Zheng, Z.J. & Xu, Y., 2014. "Comparative and sensitive analysis for parabolic trough solar collectors with a detailed Monte Carlo ray-tracing optical model," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 559-572.
  37. Widyolar, Bennett & Jiang, Lun & Ferry, Jonathan & Winston, Roland, 2018. "Non-tracking East-West XCPC solar thermal collector for 200 celsius applications," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 216(C), pages 521-533.
  38. Kost, Christoph & Engelken, Maximilian & Schlegl, Thomas, 2012. "Value generation of future CSP projects in North Africa," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 88-99.
  39. Pavlović, Tomislav M. & Radonjić, Ivana S. & Milosavljević, Dragana D. & Pantić, Lana S., 2012. "A review of concentrating solar power plants in the world and their potential use in Serbia," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 16(6), pages 3891-3902.
  40. Martínez-Merino, Paloma & Alcántara, Rodrigo & Gómez-Larrán, Pedro & Carrillo-Berdugo, Iván & Navas, Javier, 2022. "MoS2-based nanofluids as heat transfer fluid in parabolic trough collector technology," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 188(C), pages 721-730.
  41. Rodriguez-Sanchez, David & Rosengarten, Gary, 2015. "Improving the concentration ratio of parabolic troughs using a second-stage flat mirror," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 159(C), pages 620-632.
  42. Bitam, El Wardi & Demagh, Yassine & Hachicha, Ahmed A. & Benmoussa, Hocine & Kabar, Yassine, 2018. "Numerical investigation of a novel sinusoidal tube receiver for parabolic trough technology," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 218(C), pages 494-510.
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