Investigation of natural convection heat loss from a solar concentrator open cavity receiver at varying angle of inclination

International Solar Energy Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 611-617

  Paitoonsurikarn, S ^a   Taumoefolau, T ^a   Lovegrove, K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY INCLINATION; ENERGY BALANCE;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CAVITY RESONATORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY STORAGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 0347593532     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ISEC2003-44076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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