Experimental and numerical investigation of the aperture size effect on the efficient solar energy harvesting for solar thermochemical applications

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 92, Issue , 2015, Pages 331-341

  Sarwar, J ^a   Georgakis, G ^b   Kouloulias, K ^c   Kakosimos, K E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; High flux solar simulator; Ray tracing; Variable irradiance

Indexed keywords

ARC LAMPS; LIGHT SOURCES; RAY TRACING; SOLAR ENERGY;

HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; SOLAR SIMULATOR; STEADY-STATE TEMPERATURE; SUNLIGHT INTENSITY; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; VARIABLE APERTURE; VARIABLE IRRADIANCE;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84920692492     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.12.065     Document Type: Article

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