He, Ya-Ling; Xiao, Jie; Cheng, Ze-Dong; Tao, Yu-Bing - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 3, pp. 976-985
A coupled simulation method based on Monte Carlo Ray Trace (MCRT) and Finite Volume Method (FVM) is established to solve the complex coupled heat transfer problem of radiation, heat conduction and convection in parabolic trough solar collector system. A coupled grid checking method is...