Performance investigation on a linear Fresnel lens solar collector using cavity receiver

Solar Energy

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 50-62

  Lin, M ^a,b   Sumathy, K ^a   Dai, Y J ^b   Zhao, X K ^b  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cavity receiver; Fresnel lens; Optical and thermal efficiency; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CAVITY RECEIVER; FRESNEL LENS; LINEAR FRESNEL LENS; MONTE CARLO RAY-TRACE METHODS; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; RADIATION DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84902964309     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.05.026     Document Type: Article

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