Midtemperature Solar Systems Test Facility predictions for thermal performance based on test data: Custom Engineering trough with glass reflector surface and Sandia-designed receivers

• Main Author: Harrison, T.D.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Sandia National Laboratories 1981
• Subjects: Parabolic Trough Collectors; Computer Calculations; Antireflection Coatings; Efficiency; California; Massachusetts; Numerical Data; Data; Concentrating Collectors; North Atlantic Region; Parabolic Collectors; Theoretical Data; New Mexico; Test Facilities; 14 Solar Energy; Testing; Southwest Region; Msstf; Western Region 141000* > Solar Collectors & Concentrators; Experimental Data; Solar Equipment; South Carolina; Coatings; Usa; Information; Solar Collectors; Performance Testing; Equipment; North America; Texas; Performance; Southeast Region; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/6564485; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1185425/

Thermal performance predictions based on test data are presented for the Custom Engineering trough and Sandia-designed receivers, with glass reflector surface, for three output temperatures at five cities in the United States. Two experimental receivers were tested, one with an antireflective coating on the glass envelope around the receiver tube and one without the antireflective coating.