Optical efficiency analysis of cylindrical cavity receiver with bottom surface convex

Solar Energy

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 195-204

  Wang, Fuqiang ^a   Lin, Riyi ^a   Liu, Bin ^b   Tan, Heping ^b   Shuai, Yong ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cavity receiver; Heat flux distribution; Irradiative heat transfer; Monte Carlo; Optical efficiency

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM SURFACES; CAVITY RECEIVER; CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER; CYLINDRICAL CAVITIES; DEAD SPACE; HEAT FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; METAL TUBE; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO RAY TRACING METHOD; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY ABSORPTION; HEAT FLUX;

EFFICIENCY;

ABSORPTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; IRRADIATION; MANUFACTURING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84873966650     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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