Keywords and phrases: solar thermal energy, concentrated solar power, parabolic trough collector, finned absorber, heat transfer enhancement.
Received: September 2, 2020; Accepted: December 6, 2020; Published: January 22, 2021
How to cite this article: Ramesh K. Donga, Heat transfer enhancement in absorber tube of parabolic trough solar collector using longitudinal curved fins, JP Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 22(1) (2021), 21-33. DOI: 10.17654/HM022010021
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