Numerical simulation of a trapezoidal cavity absorber in the linear fresnel reflector solar concentrator system

International Journal of Green Energy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 344-363

  Manikumar, R R ^a   Valan Arasu, A ^b   Jayaraj, S ^c  

^a KAMARAJ COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

Author keywords

ANSYS FLUENT; Computational analysis; LFRSC; Trapezoidal cavity absorber; Two dimensional

Indexed keywords

ANSYS FLUENT; BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS; LFRSC; LINEAR FRESNEL REFLECTOR (LFR); SOLAR CONCENTRATOR SYSTEMS; TRAPEZOIDAL CAVITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; REFLECTION; SPECIFIC HEAT; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84887561543     PISSN: 15435075     EISSN: 15435083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2012.752375     Document Type: Article

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