Review of heat transfer fluids in tube-receivers used in concentrating solar thermal systems: Properties and heat transfer coefficients

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 298-315

  Benoit, H ^a   Spreafico, L ^a   Gauthier, D ^a   Flamant, G ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Concentrated solar thermal energy; Heat transfer coefficient; Heat transfer fluid; Solar receiver; Thermophysical properties

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; CONCENTRATING SOLAR; HEAT TRANSFER CO-EFFICIENTS; HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS; SOLAR RECEIVER; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE;

THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84947735858     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.059     Document Type: Review

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