A novel optimization approach to convective heat transfer enhancement for solar receiver

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 806-816

  Li, Qi ^a,b   Yuan, Xigang ^a   Neveu, Pierre ^b,c   Flamant, Gilles ^b   Luo, Lingai ^d  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Processes Materials and Solar Energy Laboratory (PROMES)   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Convective heat transfer enhancement; Flow field optimization by variational; Minimum entropy generation; Porous media model; Solar receiver; Volume of fluid method

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; MINIMUM ENTROPY METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; ENTROPY GENERATION; FLOW FIELD OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR RECEIVER; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 84903546878     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2014.05.051     Document Type: Article

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