Numerical study of heat transfer by natural convection and surface thermal radiation in an open cavity receiver

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1118-1128

  Montiel Gonzalez, Moises ^a   Hinojosa Palafox, Jesús ^b   Estrada, Claudio A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Numerical heat transfer; Open cavity receiver; Surface thermal radiation

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; HOT WALL; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; NUMERICAL HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OPEN CAVITY; OPEN CAVITY RECEIVER; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SURFACE THERMAL RADIATION; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; VARIABLE FLUID PROPERTIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

HEAT RADIATION;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE INVERSION;

EID: 84858160221     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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