Numerical simulation of a trapezoidal cavity receiver for a linear Fresnel solar collector concentrator

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-96

  Facão, Jorge ^a   Oliveira, Armando C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CFD simulations; Linear Fresnel collector; Overall heat transfer coefficient; Trapezoidal cavity receiver

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER TUBES; CAVITY DEPTH; CFD SIMULATIONS; FRESNEL; GLOBAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; INSULATION THICKNESS; LATERAL WALLS; LINEAR FRESNEL COLLECTOR; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OVERALL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; POWER-LAW; PRIMARY MIRRORS; RAY-TRACE; ROCK WOOL; TRAPEZOIDAL CAVITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MINERAL WOOL; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING;

HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

HEAT TRANSFER; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79751510084     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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