Numerical simulation and experiment investigation on unit heat exchange tube for solar heat receiver

Solar Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1229-1234

  Cui, Haiting ^a,b   Xing, Yuming ^b   Guo, Yanshu ^a   Wang, Zhenhui ^a   Cui, Haochen ^c   Yuan, Xiugan ^b  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat receiver; Solar dynamic power; Thermal performance; Unit heat exchange tube

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MIXED CONVECTION; PULSE CODE MODULATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR SYSTEM; TESTING;

AVERAGE TEMPERATURES; DRY AIRS; ECLIPSE PERIODS; ENTHALPY METHODS; EUTECTIC MIXTURES; EXPERIMENT INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS; HEAT EXCHANGES; HEAT RECEIVER; HEAT RECEIVERS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; ORBIT DATUMS; SOLAR DYNAMIC POWER; SOLAR SIMULATORS; TEST DATUMS; TEST PROCEDURES; TEST RESULTS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL PERFORMANCES; UNIT HEAT EXCHANGE TUBE; WORKING FLUIDS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 55249111994     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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