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Title : Performance analysis of a novel linear solar receiver enhanced using a transparent insulation shell
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Abstract
This study investigates the performance enhancement of parabolic trough concentrators (PTCs) with transparent insulation material shell (TIMS) of different diameters and thicknesses integrated into evacuated and non-evacuated heat collection elements (HCEs).The results show that non-evacuated TIMS-HCEs have higher energy and exergy efficiencies by up to 62.4 and 63.2%, compared to conventional evacuated HCEs, and by up to 109.2 and 110.9%, compared to conventional non-evacuated HCEs.The modified design also enhances the circumferential temperature uniformity and shows a marginal DROP in efficiency when the vacuum is lost. By simulating the PTC performance during four typical days, and without vacuum, the proposed design increased the daily useful heat gain by up to1.36 and 5.64 kWh, compared to conventional evacuated and non-evacuated HCEs, respectively. Hence, it is proposed as a low-tech alternative to HCE evacuation and as a method of boosting the performance of PTCs operating at low flow rates and high temperatures