TY - JOUR
T1 - Comprehensive Review of Line-Focus Concentrating Solar Thermal Technologies
T2 - Parabolic Trough Collector (PTC) vs Linear Fresnel Reflector (LFR)
AU - Sun, Jie
AU - Zhang, Zhi
AU - Wang, Li
AU - Zhang, Zhenwen
AU - Wei, Jinjia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Science Press, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, CAS and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - In the present review, parabolic trough collector (PTC) and linear Fresnel reflector (LFR) are comprehensively and comparatively reviewed in terms of historical background, technological features, recent advancement, economic analysis and application areas. It is found that although PTC and LFR are both classified as mainstream line-focus concentrating solar thermal (CST) technologies, they are now standing at different stages of development and facing their individual opportunities and challenges. For PTC, the development is commercially mature with steady and reliable performance; therefore, extension of application is the main future demand. For LFR, the development is still in rapid progress to commercial maturity, yet indicating very promising potentials with high flexibility in novel designs and remarkable reduction in capital and operational costs. The question, which has to be answered in order to estimate the future perspectives of these two line-focus CST technologies, becomes which of these characteristics carries more weight or how to reach an optimal trade-off between them.
AB - In the present review, parabolic trough collector (PTC) and linear Fresnel reflector (LFR) are comprehensively and comparatively reviewed in terms of historical background, technological features, recent advancement, economic analysis and application areas. It is found that although PTC and LFR are both classified as mainstream line-focus concentrating solar thermal (CST) technologies, they are now standing at different stages of development and facing their individual opportunities and challenges. For PTC, the development is commercially mature with steady and reliable performance; therefore, extension of application is the main future demand. For LFR, the development is still in rapid progress to commercial maturity, yet indicating very promising potentials with high flexibility in novel designs and remarkable reduction in capital and operational costs. The question, which has to be answered in order to estimate the future perspectives of these two line-focus CST technologies, becomes which of these characteristics carries more weight or how to reach an optimal trade-off between them.
KW - concentrating solar power (CSP)
KW - concentrating solar thermal (CST)
KW - line-focus
KW - linear Fresnel reflector (LFR)
KW - parabolic trough collect (PTC)
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85089743499
U2 - 10.1007/s11630-020-1365-4
DO - 10.1007/s11630-020-1365-4
M3 - 文献综述
AN - SCOPUS:85089743499
SN - 1003-2169
VL - 29
SP - 1097
EP - 1124
JO - Journal of Thermal Science
JF - Journal of Thermal Science
IS - 5
ER -