TY - JOUR
T1 - Methods for Medium Temperature Collector Development Applied to a CPC Collector
AU - Zauner, Christoph
AU - Hengstberger, Florian
AU - Hohenauer, Wolfgang
AU - Reichl, Christoph
AU - Simetzberger, Andreas
AU - Gleiss, G.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Collectors for low temperature applications (< 100°C) and power generation (CSP) are already in a mature development stage. Although the medium temperature range (100-250 °C) offers a large potential for solar thermal applications, there are only few cost-effective and highly efficient collectors available. Partly, this is due to a lack of advanced experimental and theoretical tools that allow for an exact 3D heat loss analysis. In this contribution we present the work of a 3-year research project culminating in a complete tool-kit for medium temperature collector development, which was finally applied to a CPC collector. First measurements of a prototype collector will be shown.
AB - Collectors for low temperature applications (< 100°C) and power generation (CSP) are already in a mature development stage. Although the medium temperature range (100-250 °C) offers a large potential for solar thermal applications, there are only few cost-effective and highly efficient collectors available. Partly, this is due to a lack of advanced experimental and theoretical tools that allow for an exact 3D heat loss analysis. In this contribution we present the work of a 3-year research project culminating in a complete tool-kit for medium temperature collector development, which was finally applied to a CPC collector. First measurements of a prototype collector will be shown.
KW - RHC
KW - RHC
U2 - 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.11.023
DO - 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.11.023
M3 - Article
SN - 1876-6102
VL - 30
SP - 187
EP - 197
JO - Energy Procedia
JF - Energy Procedia
ER -