Study on combined heat loss of a dish receiver with quartz glass cover

Applied Energy

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 690-696

  Cui, Fuqing ^a   He, Yaling ^a   Cheng, Zedong ^a   Li, Yinshi ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cavity receiver; Combined heat transfer; Dish concentrating system; Heat loss; Quartz glass cover

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ENTHALPY; GLASS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; INFRARED RADIATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; QUARTZ; RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CAVITY RECEIVER; COMBINED HEAT TRANSFER; DISH CONCENTRATING SYSTEM; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER PROCESS; QUARTZ GLASS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

HEAT LOSSES;

AMBIENT AIR; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; EMISSIVITY; GLASS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; INFRARED RADIATION; QUARTZ;

EID: 84884206830     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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