An array of coiled absorber tubes for solar trough concentrators operating with air at 600°C and above

Solar Energy

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 378-395

  Good, Philipp ^a   Ambrosetti, Gianluca ^b   Pedretti, Andrea ^b   Steinfeld, Aldo ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Airlight Energy Manufacturing SA   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air; Cavity; Coiled tube; Cross flow; Parabolic trough; Solar receiver

Indexed keywords

AIR; COILED TUBING; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RAY TRACING; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CAVITY; CROSS FLOWS; FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; GEOMETRIC CONCENTRATION RATIOS; PARABOLIC TROUGH; RADIATIVE HEAT EXCHANGE; SOLAR RECEIVER; STEADY-STATE ENERGIES;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

HEAT FLUX; MODEL VALIDATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RAY TRACING; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84917691318     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.09.016     Document Type: Article

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