Computational modeling and on-sun model validation for a multiple tube solar reactor with specularly reflective cavity walls. Part 1: Heat transfer model

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 298-310

  Martinek, Janna ^a   Bingham, Carl ^b   Weimer, Alan W ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical reactor; Computational fluid dynamics; Heat transfer; Mathematical modeling; Radiative transfer; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

CAVITY WALL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; CONDUCTIVE HEAT; CONDUCTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CYLINDRICAL CAVITIES; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; HEATED SURFACES; INCONEL; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MODEL VALIDATION; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; RAY TRACE MODELING; SOLAR INPUT; SOLAR REACTORS; SOLAR RECEIVER; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TUBE LENGTH;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SILICON CARBIDE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SUN; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84864518862     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.06.064     Document Type: Article

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