Preliminary design and analysis of a novel solar receiver for a micro gas-turbine based solar dish system

Solar Energy

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 378-396

  Aichmayer, Lukas ^a   Spelling, James ^a   Laumert, Björn ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coupled CFD FEM analysis; Micro gas turbine; Mutli objective optimization; Solar receiver

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GAS TURBINES; GASES; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; STIRLING ENGINES;

COUPLED CFD/FEM ANALYSIS; MATERIAL TEMPERATURE; MATERIAL UTILIZATION; MICRO GAS TURBINE SYSTEMS; MICRO GAS TURBINES; MUTLI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATIONS; SOLAR RECEIVER; VOLUMETRIC SOLAR RECEIVERS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRADE-OFF; TURBINE;

EID: 84924066245     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.01.013     Document Type: Article

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