Experimental investigation on the energy and exergy performance of a coiled tube solar receiver

Applied Energy

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 519-527

  Zhu, Jianqin ^a   Wang, Kai ^b   Wu, Hongwei ^c   Wang, Dunjin ^b   Du, Juan ^b   Olabi, A G ^c  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Exergy; Heat transfer; Radiation; Solar receiver

Indexed keywords

EXERGY; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; RADIATION CONDITION; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR RECEIVER; STEADY-STATE OPERATING CONDITIONS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84938099423     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.07.013     Document Type: Article

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