Numerical investigation of natural convection heat loss in modified cavity receiver for fuzzy focal solar dish concentrator

Solar Energy

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 846-855

  Sendhil Kumar, N ^a   Reddy, K S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT LOSSES; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

CAVITY RECEIVERS; CONVECTION HEAT LOSS; WOI CONFIGURATION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

HEAT LOSSES; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

CAVITY; CONVECTION; NUMERICAL METHOD; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34250737420     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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