Three-dimensional fluid dynamics and radiative heat transfer modeling of a small particle solar receiver

ASME 2013 7th Int. Conf. on Energy Sustainability Collocated with the ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conf. and the ASME 2013 11th Int. Conf. on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, ES 2013

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  Del Campo, Pablo Fernández ^a   Miller, Fletcher ^a   Crocker, Adam ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; FLEXIBLE SIMULATION; OPTIMUM MASS FLOW RATE; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; RADIATIVE HEAT FLUXES; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER MODELING; USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS; WALL-TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ENGINEERING RESEARCH; FUEL CELLS; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

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EID: 84893020194     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2013-18149     Document Type: Conference Paper

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