Combined laminar natural convection and surface radiation heat transfer in a modified cavity receiver of solar parabolic dish

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1647-1657

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Modified cavity receiver; Natural convection; Nusselt number; Solar parabolic dish collector; Surface radiation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ENTHALPY; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RADIATION; THERMOANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

AREA RATIOS; CONVECTIVE HEATING; LAMINAR NATURAL CONVECTION; MODIFIED CAVITY RECEIVER; NUMERICAL DATA; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; NUSSELT NUMBER; OPEN CAVITIES; OPERATING TEMPERATURES; PARABOLIC DISH; RADIATION HEAT LOSSES; RADIATION HEATING; REASONABLE AGREEMENT; SOLAR PARABOLIC DISH COLLECTOR; SURFACE RADIATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 52149083294     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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