Analytical model for the design of volumetric solar flow receivers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 556-564

  Veeraragavan, Ananthanarayanan ^a   Lenert, Andrej ^a   Yilbas, Bekir ^b   Al Dini, Salem ^b   Wang, Evelyn N ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Energy conversion; Heat transfer fluid; Nanoparticles; Solar thermal; Volumetric receiver

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RADIATION; ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CARNOT EFFICIENCY; CHANNEL HEIGHT; COMPACT MODEL; CONVECTIVE HEAT; DESIGN CONFIGURATIONS; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY EQUATION; HEAT RELEASE; HEAT TRANSFER FLUID; HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS; HEATING APPLICATIONS; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; OPTIMUM EFFICIENCY; OPTIMUM RECEIVERS; PARTICLE LOADING; POWER GENERATION EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; SOLAR THERMAL; SURFACE HEAT LOSS; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TOTAL EFFICIENCY; VOLUMETRIC FLOW; VOLUMETRIC RECEIVERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; ENERGY CONVERSION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 82955203466     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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