Numerical study of heat transfer characteristics in the solar receiver tube combined with MCRT method

UECTC'09 - Proceedings of 2009 US-EU-China Thermophysics Conference - Renewable Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Cheng, Z D ^a   He, Y L ^a   Xiao, J ^a   Tao, Y B ^a   Xu, R J ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER TUBES; AVERAGE RELATIVE ERROR; COUPLED HEAT TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUENT SOFTWARE; GLASS COVERS; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS; LIQUID OIL; MONTE CARLO; NONUNIFORMITY; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PHYSICAL MODEL; RAY-TRACE; SIMULATION CODE; SOLAR RECEIVER; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES; TESTING CONDITIONS; THERMAL RADIATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 77953957145     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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