Direct steam generation in parabolic trough solar power plants: Numerical investigation of the transients and the control of a once-through system

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-14

  Lippke, F ^a  

^a ZENTRUM FÜR SONNENENERGIE UND WASSERSTOFF FORSCHUNG BADEN WÜRTTEMBERG ZSW   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; COSTS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STEAM; TRANSIENTS;

ABSORBER TUBES; COST REDUCTION; DIRECT STEAM GENERATION; HEAT TRANSFER FLUID; SOLAR FIELDS; WATER STEAM FLOW;

SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0030085337     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2847958     Document Type: Article

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