Comparison of receivers for solar dish collector system

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 812-819

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cavity receiver; Fuzzy focal solar dish concentrator; Modified cavity receiver; Natural convective heat loss; Semi cavity receiver

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT LOSSES;

CAVITY RECEIVER; MODIFIED CAVITY RECEIVER; NATURAL CONVECTIVE HEAT LOSS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 39749182208     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.07.026     Document Type: Article

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