Rivera Solorio, Carlos IvánGijón Rivera, Miguel AngelGarcía Cuéllar, Alejandro JavierLópez Salinas, José LuisValenzuela Gutiérrez, LoretoTagle Salazar, Pablo Daniel2018-12-172018-12-172018-12-262018-12-26Tagle, P.D. (2018). Thermo-hydraulic performance modeling of thermal energy systems using parabolic trough solar collectors (Doctoral dissertation). Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico.http://hdl.handle.net/11285/632662Solar energy is one of the most important emerging renewable energy resources. Parabolic trough solar collectors are one of the most used technologies for solar concentrating applications. The main purpose of this research is to develop a mathematical modAbstract v List of Figures vi List of Tables ix Chapter 1 Problem statement 1 1.1 Background 1 1.1.1 Software available in market 2 1.1.2 Thermal models in the literature 3 1.2 Problem statement 12 1.3 Objectives 12 1.4 Scope 13 1.5 General Assumptions 13143TextoengopenAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/about/cc0/INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA; CIENCIAS TECNOLÓGICAS; TECNOLOGÍA ENERGÉTICA; GENERADORES DE ENERGÍATecnología / TechnologyTheory and practice of education--Higher education—Preparation of thesesTesis de doctoradoSolar energyParabolic trough collectorEngineering Equation SolverSteam generationSolar heat for industrial processes