Numerical investigation of flow and heat transfer in a volumetric solar receiver

Renewable Energy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 655-661

  Fend, Th ^a   Schwarzbozl P ^a   Smirnova, O ^a   Schollgen D ^a   Jakob, C ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Solar tower technology; Volumetric heat transfer coefficient; Volumetric solar receiver

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATED SOLAR RADIATION; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIALS; MASS AND HEAT TRANSFERS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; SOLAR TOWER TECHNOLOGY; VOLUMETRIC HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; VOLUMETRIC SOLAR RECEIVERS;

GEOMETRY; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODELS; SILICON CARBIDE; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; BOUNDARY CONDITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOMOGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84880165852     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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