Conical receiver for a paraboloidal concentrator with large rim angle

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1053-1062

  Hernández, Nestor ^a   Riveros Rosas, David ^b   Venegas, Eduardo ^a   Dorantes, Rubén J ^c   Rojas Morín, Armando ^b   Jaramillo, O A ^a   Arancibia Bulnes, Camilo A ^a,d   Estrada, Claudio A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA AZCAPOTZALCO   (Mexico)

^d Universidad de Sono   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cavity receiver; Conical receiver; Paraboloidal concentrator; Solar concentrator

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RECEIVER; CONCENTRATED SOLAR ENERGY; CONICAL CAVITY; CONICAL GEOMETRY; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DOUBLE LAYERS; FLUID TEMPERATURES; INLET TEMPERATURE; INNER WALLS; PARABOLOIDAL CONCENTRATOR; RAY TRACING SIMULATION; RIM ANGLE; SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL MODEL; TIME CONSTANTS; TRANSIENT REGIME; WATER FLOWS;

OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

CYLINDER; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GEOMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84858153014     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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