High temperature solar thermal central-receiver billboard design

Solar Energy

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 356-368

  Boerema, Nicholas ^a   Morrison, Graham ^a   Taylor, Robert ^a   Rosengarten, Gary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Billboard; Central receiver system; Concentrated solar thermal; Receiver design

Indexed keywords

BILLBOARD; CENTRAL RECEIVER SYSTEM; CONCENTRATED SOLAR; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; OPERATIONAL LIFETIME; RECEIVER DESIGN; RESULTANT SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SOLAR HEATING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

DESIGN;

DESIGN; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRRADIANCE; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84884397937     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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