Parametric study of volumetric absorber performance

Energy Procedia

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 408-417

  Kribus, A ^a   Grijnevich, M ^a   Gray, Y ^a   Caliot, C ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b PROMES CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Porous medium; Solar gas turbine; Volumetric effect

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GAS TURBINES; HEAT TRANSFER; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; SILICON CARBIDE;

GEOMETRIC AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES; HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATION; LOCAL THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM; POROSITY AND PORE SIZE; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLAR GAS TURBINES; TWO-FLUX APPROXIMATIONS; VOLUMETRIC EFFECT;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84902270690     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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