A model for the transient performance simulation of solar cavity receivers

Solar Energy

Volumn 110, Issue , 2014, Pages 789-806

  Samanes, Javier ^a   Garcia Barberena, Javier ^a  

^a CENER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive PI neural controller; Concentrated solar power (CSP) tower cavity receiver; Modelica; Transient performance simulation

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RECEIVER; MODELICA; NEURAL CONTROLLER; SOLAR CAVITY RECEIVER; TRANSIENT PERFORMANCE;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER PLANT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOFTWARE; SOLAR POWER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84910039206     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.10.015     Document Type: Article

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