Experimental study on a coiled tube solar receiver under variable solar radiation condition

Solar Energy

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 1080-1090

  Wang, K ^a   Wu, H ^b   Wang, D ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Tong, Z ^a   Lin, F ^a   Olabi, A G ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^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;

CONTINUOUS OPERATION; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; RADIATION CONDITION; SOLAR RECEIVER; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; STEADY-STATE OPERATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; HEAT TRANSFER; IRRADIANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 84946547230     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.10.004     Document Type: Article

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