Optimum performance of the small-scale open and direct solar thermal Brayton cycle at various environmental conditions and constraints

Energy

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-50

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brayton; Geometry; Optimum; Receiver; Recuperator; Solar

Indexed keywords

BRAYTON CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENTROPY; FUELS; GEOMETRY; METEOROLOGY; RECEIVERS (CONTAINERS); RECUPERATORS; SOLAR HEATING;

BRAYTON; DIRECT SOLAR; DISH CONCENTRATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FINITE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; FLUID FRICTION; FOCAL LENGTHS; HEAT SOURCES; MICRO TURBINE; MODIFIED CAVITY RECEIVER; OPERATING POINTS; OPTIMUM; OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE; POWER OUT PUT; SOLAR; SOLAR BEAM; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SYSTEM NET; TOTAL ENTROPY; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WIND SPEED;

THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; IRRADIANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR CYCLE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 84867234287     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.03.034     Document Type: Article

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