The improvement of power plants based on solar energy is
becoming ever more crucial, especially with fossil fuel depletion
and increasing CO2 emissions. Therefore, there is a need to improve
existing technologies powered by solar energy. Parabolic trough
solar collector (PTSC) technology is considered the most established
solar thermal technology for power production. This technology
has been used in large power plants since the 1980s and
shows a promising future. Therefore, this technology has been
selected for this study