Effects of material selection on the radiation flux of a tube receiver in a dish solar system

Heat Transfer Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 339-347

  Mao, Qianjun ^a,b   Xie, Ming ^a   Tan, Heping ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Distribution of radiation flux; Material selection; Monte Carlo ray tracing method; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAY TRACING; SOLAR ENERGY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COMPUTER CODES; EFFECTS OF MATERIALS; MATERIAL SELECTION; RADIATION FLUXES; RAY-TRACING METHOD; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; SOLAR RECEIVER;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 84901047871     PISSN: 10642285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/HeatTransRes.2013005578     Document Type: Article

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