{"id":290221,"date":"2023-06-24T16:40:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T16:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/solar-thermal-cfd-model-parabolic-trough-concentrator\/"},"modified":"2023-06-24T16:40:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T16:40:25","slug":"solar-thermal-cfd-model-parabolic-trough-concentrator","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/solar-thermal-cfd-model-parabolic-trough-concentrator\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Thermal CFD model &#8211; Parabolic Trough Concentrator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am having trouble setting up a simple solar thermal model.<\/p>\n<p>I have a Parabolic Trough Collector, a hollow cylindrical copper receiver, and water as a heat transfer fluid inside that receiver, the simulation is for my university project.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot seem to attain any significant temperature rise regardless of my set up parameters so I am obviously doing something wrong &#8211; can someone please help me with the set up?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks in advance!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-290221","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-concentration","topic-tag-emissivity","topic-tag-fluid","topic-tag-radiation","topic-tag-reflectance-1","topic-tag-solar","topic-tag-steady-state","topic-tag-thermal","topic-tag-transmittance-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["287978","15180","19590","199"],"_bbp_author_ip":["168.143.243.24"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_bbp_likes_count":["1"],"_btv_view_count":["903"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["290221"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_engagement":["199","15180","19590","287978"],"_bbp_voice_count":["4"],"_bbp_reply_count":["11"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["309793"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["309793"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-10-03 08:58:16"]},"test":"jonathan-reedou-ac-uk"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/290221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/290221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}