Second law analysis and optimization of a parabolic trough receiver tube for direct steam generation

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 875-887

  Nolte, H C ^a   Bello Ochende, T ^b   Meyer, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; FRICTION; HEAT FLUX; MASS TRANSFER; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TRIBOLOGY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CONCENTRATION RATIO; DIRECT STEAM GENERATION; ENTROPY GENERATION MINIMIZATION; FINITE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; PARABOLIC TROUGH RECEIVERS; PARABOLIC TROUGH SOLAR COLLECTORS; SATURATION TEMPERATURE; SIMULATED ANNEALING OPTIMIZATION;

ENTROPY;

EID: 84939993629     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-014-1465-3     Document Type: Article

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