Wind speed effect on the flow field and heat transfer around a parabolic trough solar collector

•Large Eddy Simulations to study fluid flow and heat transfer on a PTC are performed.•Drag and lift forces were shown to be independent on the Reynolds number.•Nusselt number is highly dependent on the pitch angle.•Heat losses from the HCE are overestimated compared to literature’s correlations.•Mai...

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