Comparison of experimental and numerical air temperature distributions behind a cylindrical volumetric solar absorber module

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 0110111-0110118

  Palero, Silvia ^a   Romero, Manuel ^a   Castillo, José L ^b  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air return; CFD simulation; Experimental air temperatures; Modular absorbers; Solar power; Volumetric receivers

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GLASS INDUSTRY; GRADIENT METHODS; MAPS; PLASMAS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOMETERS; THERMOSTATS; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE (T); COOL DOWN; FLUENT CODES; HIGH TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; METALLIC ABSORBERS; MODULAR DESIGNS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OUTLET AIR; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; OVER THE AIR (OTA); RADIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SOLAR RECEIVER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; UP-SCALING;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

EID: 47049086204     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2807046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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