Steady state hydrothermal analysis of the absorber tubes used in Linear Fresnel Reflector solar thermal system

Solar Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-95

  Sahoo, Sudhansu S ^a   Singh, Suneet ^b   Banerjee, Rangan ^b  

^a Biju Patnaik University of Technology   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Heat losses; Hydrothermal analysis; LFR; Solar thermal

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER TUBES; BOILING TWO-PHASE FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; CONVECTIVE HEAT; DIFFERENT MASS; DRYNESS FRACTION; FLUID TEMPERATURES; HOMOGENEOUS EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; HYDROTHERMAL ANALYSIS; LFR; LINEAR FRESNEL REFLECTOR (LFR); ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; PHASE CHANGE; PRESSURE LOSS; SINGLE PHASE REGION; SOLAR FLUX; SOLAR THERMAL; SOLAR THERMAL APPLICATIONS; SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS; STEADY STATE; TOTAL PRESSURE DROP; TRAPEZOIDAL CAVITY; TWO-PHASE REGION;

HEAT LOSSES; REFLECTION; SOLAR HEATING; TWO PHASE FLOW;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; SOLAR POWER; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 84868676360     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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