Analysis and improvement of solar flux distribution inside a cavity receiver based on multi-focal points of heliostat field

Applied Energy

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 417-430

  Yu, Qiang ^a   Wang, Zhifeng ^a   Xu, Ershu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Multi focal point; Single focal point; Solar flux distribution; TABU meta heuristic method

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION;

FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; FOCAL POINTS; META-HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OPTIMUM CONFIGURATIONS; SOLAR FLUX; SOLAR TOWER POWER PLANTS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

ALGORITHM; FLUX MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84907859798     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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