CFD simulation and heat loss analysis of the solar two power tower receiver

ASME 2012 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2012, Collocated with the ASME 2012 10th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn , Issue PARTS A AND B, 2012, Pages 227-235

  Christian, Joshua M ^a   Ho, Clifford K ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FUEL CELLS; FUSED SALTS; HEAT FLUX; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOWERS;

ANALYTICAL EVALUATION; AVERAGE HEAT FLUXES; CRITICAL COMPONENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE MOLTEN SALTS; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; RADIATIVE HEAT LOSS; RECEIVER SYSTEM; UNIFORM HEAT FLUX;

HEAT LOSSES;

EID: 84900430661     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2012-91030     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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2. Pacheco, James E. Final Test and Evaluation Results from the Solar Two Project. SAND2002-0120. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.
3. Kraabel, J.S., D.L. Siebers. Estimating Convective Energy Losses from Solar Central Receivers. SAND84-8717. Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA.
4. Çengel, Y.A. Heat and Mass Transfer. McGraw Hill, 2007. Third Edition.