Optimization of high temperature SiC volumetric solar absorber

Energy Procedia

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 478-487

  Mey, S ^a   Caliot, C ^a   Flamant, G ^a   Kribus, A ^b   Gray, Y ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ceramic foam; Concentrated solar power (CSP); Conduction; Convection; Coupled heat transfers; Darcy Forchheimer law; Flow modelling; Monte Carlo; Navier Stokes equations; P 1 model; Porous medium; Pressure drop; Radiation; Reticulate porous ceramic (RPC); Rosseland; Silicon carbide (SiC); Two flux approximation; Volumetric solar absorber

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC FOAMS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; POROUS SILICON; PRESSURE DROP; SILICON CARBIDE; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR ENERGY; VISCOUS FLOW;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; COUPLED HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW MODELLING; FORCHHEIMER; P-1 MODELS; POROUS MEDIUM; RETICULATE POROUS CERAMICS; ROSSELAND; SILICON CARBIDES (SIC); TWO-FLUX APPROXIMATIONS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 84902277673     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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