On the design and evaluation of open volumetric air receiver for process heat applications

Energy Procedia

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 2994-3003

  Sharma, Piyush ^a   Sarma, Rakesh ^b   Chandra, Laltu ^b   Shekhar, Rajiv ^b   Ghoshdastidar, P S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY JODHPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Experimental system; Flow instability; Mixer; Open volumetric air receiver; Re circulating air

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922308904     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.10.335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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