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A Current Review on Linear Fresnel Reflector Technology and Its Applications in Power Plants

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This review paper provides a short insight on the solar energy and concentrating collectors, and it mainly comprises with the latest studies available in the literature regarding the application of solar thermal energy in power plants, linear Fresnel reflector (LFR), and its various important aspects, for instance, importance of LFR among the parabolic trough collector (PTC), performance analysis of LFR, and its application with the power plants. After reviewing a broad literature, it has been examined that reasonable price and economic feasibility of LFR could make it more viable for power plants. Additionally, past studies on optimization and economic analysis also have been reviewed in this work.

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Singh, H., Singh, A., Mishra, R.S., Pal, A. (2021). A Current Review on Linear Fresnel Reflector Technology and Its Applications in Power Plants. In: Kumar, A., Pal, A., Kachhwaha, S.S., Jain, P.K. (eds) Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering . ICRAME 2020. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9678-0_38

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