Research Article
Modeling and Characteristic Analysis of a Solar Parabolic Trough System: Thermal Oil as the Heat Transfer Fluid
Table 1
The system main parameters of the SEGS VI power plant [
1–
3].
| Name | Parameters | Value | Unit |
| Power block | Name | SEGS VI in Kramer Junction, USA | Net capacity | 30 | MWe | Designed oil temperature | 349 |
°C | Solar collector area | 188000 | m2 |
| Solar collectors | Length of single collector | 47.1 | m | Width of single collector | 5 | m | Area of single collector | 235 | m2 | Focal length of the collector | 1.84 | m | Focal ratio of the collector | 71 | — | Absorber external diameter | 70 | mm | Envelope external diameter | 115 | mm |
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