Strategies enhancing efficiency of cavity receivers

Energy Procedia

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 538-550

  Uhlig, R ^a   Flesch, R ^a   Gobereit, B ^a   Giuliano, S ^a   Liedke, P ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combined Cycle; Convection losses; Solar tower; Tubular receiver; Window

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAS COMPRESSORS; GAS DISCHARGE TUBES; GAS TURBINES; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WINDOWS;

COMBINED CYCLE; CONDUCTION AND CONVECTIONS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; INSULATION THICKNESS; RADIATION AND CONVECTION; RADIATION EXCHANGE; SOLAR TOWERS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 84902246424     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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