Solid particle receiver flow characterization studies

Proceedings of the Energy Sustainability Conference 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 877-884

  Siegel, Nathan ^a   Kolb, Greg ^a   Kim, Kibum ^b   Rangaswamy, Vijayarangan ^b   Moujaes, Samir ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Las Vegas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLID PARTICLE FLOW; SOLID PARTICLE RECEIVERS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; OPACITY; SOLAR ENERGY; VOLUME FRACTION;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 37349089119     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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