Experimental evaluation of a fixed collector employing vee-trough concentrator and vacuum tube receivers

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:7089200

Selcuk, M. K.

A test bed for experimental evaluation of a fixed solar collector which combines an evacuated glass tube solar receiver with a flat plate/black chrome plated copper absorber and an asymmetric veetrough concentrator was designed and constructed. Earlier predictions of thermal performance were compared with test data acquired for a bare vacuum tube receiver; and receiver tubes with Alzak aluminum, aluminized FEP Teflon film laminated sheet metal and second surface ordinary mirror reflectors. Test results and system economics as well as objectives of an ongoing program to obtain long-term performance data are discussed.

• Research Organization: Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, Calif. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EX-76-A-29-1012
• OSTI ID: 7089200
• Report Number(s): CONF-771120-9
• Resource Relation: Conference: Winter annual meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 27 Nov 1977
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
TEST FACILITIES
SOLAR COLLECTORS
COPPER
ECONOMICS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MEDIUM VACUUM
SOLAR ABSORBERS
ELEMENTS
METALS
TESTING
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
141000* - Solar Collectors & Concentrators