Numerical modelling of wind and dust patterns around a full-scale paraboloidal solar dish

Renewable Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 356-366

  Christo, Farid C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD; Dust deposition; Paraboloidal solar dish; Turbulent flow; Windbreaks

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; DUST ACCUMULATION; DUST DEPOSITION; DUST PARTICLE; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; FLOW FIELD STRUCTURE; FLOW OSCILLATIONS; INITIAL ASSESSMENT; MEAN FLOW VELOCITIES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PARABOLOIDAL SOLAR DISH; PITCH ANGLE; PRESSURE FIELD; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; STABLE VORTEX; SURFACE LOCATION; UNSTEADY-STATE FLOW; WIND SPEED; WINDBREAKS;

AERODYNAMIC DRAG; AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DUST; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

OSCILLATING FLOW;

ACCUMULATION; AERODYNAMICS; DUST; FLOW FIELD; FLOW VELOCITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND BREAK; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 80053224119     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.08.038     Document Type: Article

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