Improvement design of parabolic trough

• Main Authors: Ihsan, Sany Izan, Mohamad Safian, Mohamad Ariff Iskandar, Mohd Taufek, Muhammad Aliff, Mohiuddin, A. K. M.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2017
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; TJ807 Renewable energy sources
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/105455/7/105455_Mechanical%20Engineering%20Department.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/105455/8/105455_Mechanical%20Engineering%20Department_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/105455/; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/184/1/012044

The performance of parabolic trough solar collector (PTSC) has been evaluated using different heat transfer working fluids; namely water and SAE20 W50 engine oil. New and slightly improved PTSC was developed to run the experimental study. Under the meteorological conditions of Malaysia, authors foun...