Modeling of the dish receiver with the effect of inhomogeneous radiation flux distribution

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 6-8, 2014, Pages 780-790

  Cui, Fu Qing ^a   He, Ya Ling ^a   Cheng, Ze Dong ^a   Li, Yin Shi ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED HEAT TRANSFER; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; HEAT FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; MONTE CARLO RAY TRACING METHOD; RADIATION TRANSMISSION; SOLAR INTENSITIES; SURFACE RADIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS;

HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; NATURAL CONVECTION; RADIATION;

HEAT RADIATION;

EID: 84889659601     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08832323.2013.838098     Document Type: Conference Paper

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