@article{Sabri_Benzirar_2015, title={Determination of the Maximum Efficiency of Concentrated Solar Power (Parabolic Trough and Central Tower) using A Genetic Algorithm}, volume={3}, url={https://ajouronline.com/index.php/AJAS/article/view/2526}, abstractNote={The ambient conditions are ones of the most important factors because it affects the energy load of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP). The installation of concentrated solar plants is one of future sources to generate electricity without emitting pollutants .The solar plants used in these systems have demonstrated enormous efficiencies and advantages. This paper evaluates the effects of ambient conditions on the system efficiency of CSP plants of two types of CSP systems: parabolic trough and central tower technologies. Several researches have discussed the maximum efficiency of these technologies, but only a few experiences have succeeded to right weather conditions to get these results. Using the method of genetic algorithm, the results show that for an ambient temperature of 25 ° C, wind speed of 5 m/s and direct irradiation of 868 W / m<sup>2</sup> for parabolic trough so as to have an efficiency of 23.06% and 24.25% for central tower in direct irradiation of 879 W/m<sup>2</sup>.}, number={2}, journal={Asian Journal of Applied Sciences}, author={Sabri, Latifa and Benzirar, Mohammed}, year={2015}, month={Apr.} }