Abstract

The heat loss of vacuum receiver plays critical important role in solar parabolic trough system. In this paper, experimental measurements and calculation models were conducted to investigate the heat loss of solar parabolic trough receiver with receiver length of 10.2 m and diameter of 0.120 m. In general, the heat loss of receiver decreased with the receiver wall temperature, while it can approach minimum under special wind condition. The heat loss of receiver mainly included the heat loss of glass and boundary region, and the heat losses of receiver, glass region and boundary region with tube temperatures of 176.2oC were respectively 987.1 W, 762.2 W and 224.9 W. Outside the glass envelope, the convection and radiation both play an important role in the heat loss of receiver, while the heat transfer is mainly dependent upon the radiation inside the glass envelope. In addition, the heat losses of convection outside the glass and radiation inside the glass from calculation very well agreed with the experimental data.

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