Radiation boundary conditions for computational fluid dynamics models of high-temperature cavity receivers

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Khalsa, Siri Sahib S ^a   Ho, Clifford K ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

cavity receiver; CFD; discrete ordinates; Fluent; irradiance

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY GEOMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; CAVITY RECEIVER; CFD CODES; CFD MODELS; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; COUPLED PROCESS; DISCRETE ORDINATES; DISH CONCENTRATOR; FLUENT; FOCAL POINTS; HELIOSTAT FIELD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRRADIANCE; LIMB DARKENING; MODEL DOMAINS; OFF-AXIS; PARTICIPATING MEDIA; RADIANCE DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATION BOUNDARY CONDITION; RAY-TRACING CODES; RECEIVER DESIGN; SLOPE ERRORS; SOLID PARTICLES; TIME-EFFICIENT METHODS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SOLAR ENERGY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 80051880522     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004274     Document Type: Article

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