Numerical study on coupling phase change heat transfer performance of solar dish collector

Solar Energy

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 84-93

  Tao, Y B ^a   He, Y L ^a   Cui, F Q ^a   Lin, C H ^a  

^a Xi an Jiaotong University)   (China)

Author keywords

Coupling heat transfer; Latent heat storage; Optimization analysis; Solar dish collector

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION PROCESS; COUPLING MODELS; COUPLING PHASE; DISH COLLECTORS; HEAT FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; HEAT STORAGE CAPACITY; HEAT TRANSFER PROBLEMS; HEAT TRANSFER PROCESS; IN-PHASE; INNER SURFACES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MONTE CARLO; OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE CHANGE HEAT TRANSFER; RAY TRACE METHOD;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LATENT HEAT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 84873298715     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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