Abstract: Correlations of direct solar insolation and windspeed data based upon a 12.5-year period are presented for 26 SOLMET stations distributed over the contiguous United States. These correlations ...

Abstract: Two wind-tunnel force and moment tests have been conducted on parabolic-trough solar collector configurations. The two tests were conducted in different flow field environments, one a uniform ...

Abstract: Two wind-tunnel tests were conducted to investigate specifically the pitching moment characteristics of parabolic-trough solar-collector modules deployed within a collector array. The collector modules ...