Investigation of heat losses from the trapezoidal cavity receiver for linear fresnel reflector solar power system

30th ISES Biennial Solar World Congress 2011, SWC 2011

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 3908-3919

  Reddy, K S ^a   Ravi Kumar, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cavity receiver; FLUENT; Heat loss; Linear fresnel reflector; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

2-D NUMERICAL SIMULATION; BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATIONS; CAVITY DEPTH; CAVITY PARAMETERS; CAVITY RECEIVER; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CSP TECHNOLOGY; FLUENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INSULATION THICKNESS; ISOTHERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LINEAR FRESNEL REFLECTOR (LFR); LOSS ANALYSIS; MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OPTIMUM CONFIGURATIONS; RADIATION EXCHANGE; RADIATIVE HEAT LOSS; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; TRAPEZOIDAL CAVITY; UNIFORM TEMPERATURE; WIND SPEED; WIND VELOCITIES;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ENTHALPY; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REFLECTION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUN;

HEAT LOSSES;

EID: 84873882248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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