Research Article
Modeling and Characteristic Analysis of a Solar Parabolic Trough System: Thermal Oil as the Heat Transfer Fluid
Table 3
Parameters of the base condition.
| Parameters | Unit | Value |
| Time | H:m | 12:00 | Solar radiation | W/m2 | 925 | Inlet oil temperature |
°C | 285 | Output oil temperature |
°C | 360 | Output oil mass flow rate | kg/s | 500 | Collectors total area | m2 | 188000 (235 × 16 × 50) | Collectors total length | m | 37600 (47 × 16 × 50) |
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