Thermal design guidelines of solar power towers

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 428-438

  Rodriguez Sanchez M R ^a   Soria Verdugo, Antonio ^a   Almendros Ibáñez, José Antonio ^b,c   Acosta Iborra, Antonio ^a   Santana, Domingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c Section of Solar and Energy Efficiency   (Spain)

Author keywords

Film temperature; Molten salt central receiver; Radiation effective temperature; Solar power tower; Thermal stress; Tube corrosion

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; FILM TEMPERATURE; HYDRODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; MOLTEN-SALT CENTRAL-RECEIVER; SOLAR POWER TOWER; SOLAR POWER TOWER PLANTS; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TUBE WALL TEMPERATURE;

CORROSION; DESIGN; ESTIMATION; FUSED SALTS; HEAT FLUX; PRESSURE DROP; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL STRESS; THERMOANALYSIS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84890418024     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.11.014     Document Type: Article

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