Numerical simulation on the thermal performance of a solar molten salt cavity receiver

Renewable Energy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 324-335

  Chang, Zheshao ^a,b   Li, Xin ^a   Xu, Chao ^c   Chang, Chun ^a   Wang, Zhifeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flow layout; Simulation; Solar cavity receiver; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FUSED SALTS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT LOSSES;

CONVECTION AND CONDUCTION; COUPLED HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; FLOW LAYOUT; MOLTEN SALT CAVITY RECEIVERS; RELIABILITY AND SAFETIES; SIMULATION; SOLAR CAVITY RECEIVER; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

HEAT CONVECTION;

DESIGN; HEAT TRANSFER; HOMOGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84898808464     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.03.044     Document Type: Article

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