Numerical study on thermal performance of a solar cavity receiver with different depths

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-28

  Tu, Nan ^a   Wei, Jinjia ^a   Fang, Jiabin ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat loss; Solar cavity receiver; Stretched length; Thermal efficiency; Thermal performance; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX;

SOLAR CAVITY RECEIVER; STRETCHED LENGTH; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; UNIFORMITY;

HEAT LOSSES;

EID: 84927805221     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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