Radiative transfer within a cylindrical cavity with diffusely/specularly reflecting inner walls containing an array of tubular absorbers

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 0210131-0210137

  Melchior, Tom ^a   Steinfeld, Aldo ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; BIOCONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOPHYSICS; RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR ABSORBERS; TEMPERATURE; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WINDOWS;

(2+1) DIMENSIONS; ABSORBER TEMPERATURES; APPLIED (CO); CAVITY WALLS; CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER (CSP); CROSS SECTIONAL AREA (CSA); CYLINDRICAL CAVITIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE (HT); INFRARED (IR); INNER WALLS; LOWER ENERGIES; MAXIMUM ENERGY; MONTE CARLO (MC); OPTIMUM RATIO; RADIATIVE TRANSFER ANALYSIS; RADII RATIO; RELATIVE DISTANCES; TUBE ABSORBERS; UNIFORM TEMPERATURE;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 45249108879     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2888755     Document Type: Article

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