Design of a high temperature cavity receiver for residential scale concentrated solar power

Energy

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 481-487

  Neber, Matthew ^a   Lee, Hohyun ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brayton; Concentrated solar power; Optimization; Receiver; Residential scale

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; OPTIMIZATION; RECEIVERS (CONTAINERS); SILICON CARBIDE; SINTERING; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TEMPERATURE;

ABSORPTIVITIES; BRAYTON; CAVITY RECEIVER; CO-FIRING; COMPONENT SELECTION; CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GROWING DEMAND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; LOW COSTS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESIDENTIAL SCALE; SCALED DEVICES; SINTERING PROCEDURES; SMALL-SCALE SYSTEMS; SOLAR RECEIVER; SOLAR THERMAL;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SILICON; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84868532394     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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