A study of solid particle flow characterization in solar particle receiver

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1784-1793

  Kim, Kibum ^a   Siegel, Nathan ^b   Kolb, Greg ^b   Rangaswamy, Vijayarangan ^c   Moujaes, Samir F ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

Author keywords

Opacity; Solid particle receiver (SPR); Terminal velocity

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC PARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DIRECT ABSORPTION; DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICLES; EXPOSURE-TIME; FRAMES PER SECONDS; HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL CAMERAS; MASS FLOW RATE; PARTICLE FLOW; SIMULATION RESULT; SMALL-SCALE TESTS; SOLAR PARTICLE RECEIVERS; SOLID PARTICLE RECEIVER (SPR); SOLID PARTICLES; TERMINAL VELOCITY; TEST PLATFORMS; VERTICAL DROPS;

CAMERAS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; OPACITY; POLYMER BLENDS; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VELOCITY;

FLOW SIMULATION;

CERAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL IMAGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; MASS TRANSFER; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 69949088084     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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