Operating conditions of an open and direct solar thermal Brayton cycle with optimised cavity receiver and recuperator

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 6027-6036

  Le Roux, W G ^a   Bello Ochende, T ^a   Meyer, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brayton; Geometry; Optimisation; Receiver; Recuperator; Solar

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BRAYTON CYCLE; GEOMETRY; MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION; RECEIVERS (CONTAINERS); SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR HEATING; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; TURBINES;

BRAYTON; CAVITY RECEIVER; COMPRESSOR EFFICIENCY; CONCENTRATION RATIO; DIRECT SOLAR; DYNAMIC TRAJECTORIES; FINITE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; FLUID FRICTION; IRREVERSIBILITY RATE; LOW COSTS; MICRO TURBINE; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING POINTS; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; OPTIMISATION METHOD; OPTIMISATIONS; OPTIMUM GEOMETRY; OPTIMUM RECEIVERS; PARABOLIC DISH CONCENTRATOR; POWER OUT PUT; PRESSURE LOSS; RIM ANGLE; SOLAR; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR THERMAL; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TURBOMACHINES;

RECUPERATORS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBINE;

EID: 80053454739     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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