CFD modeling of gas particle flow within a solid particle solar receiver

International Solar Energy Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 37-48

  Chen, Huajun ^a,b   Chen, Yitung ^a,b   Hsieh, Hsuan Tsung ^a,b   Siegel, Nathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY SOURCES; EULER-LAGRANGE METHOD; GAS PARTICLE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; HEAT TRANSFER; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 36048988730     PISSN: 15468402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ISEC2006-99044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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