Development and testing of a solar air-heater with conical concentrator

İnci Türk Togrul, Dursun Pehlιvan and Cevdet Akosman

Renewable Energy, 2004, vol. 29, issue 2, 263-275

Abstract: The free convection performance of a solar air heater with a cylindrical absorber centred to a conical concentrator for focusing incident solar radiation was studied. The primary objective was to heat air to higher temperatures than those obtainable in flat-plate collectors.

Keywords: Solar air-heater; Conical concentrator; Solar tracking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(03)00168-X

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