Simulation of an innovative internal design of a plate solar receiver: Comparison between RANS and LES results

Solar Energy

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 732-741

  Colleoni, Arnaud ^a,b   Toutant, Adrien ^a,c   Olalde, Gabriel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Fluid heat exchanger; LES simulation; Plate solar receiver; RANS simulation; Riblets; Vortex generator

Indexed keywords

DELTA WING AIRCRAFT; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; WINGS;

LES SIMULATION; RANS SIMULATION; RIBLETS; SOLAR RECEIVER; VORTEX GENERATORS;

VORTEX FLOW;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; SIMULATION; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84901380147     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.04.017     Document Type: Article

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