Experimental study of the energy and exergy performance for a pressurized volumetric solar receiver

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 104, Issue , 2016, Pages 212-221

  Zhu, Jianqin ^a   Wang, Kai ^b   Li, Guoqing ^b   Wu, Hongwei ^c   Jiang, Zhaowu ^b   Lin, Feng ^b   Li, Yongliang ^d  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

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

CONTINUOUS OPERATION; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; SOLAR RECEIVER; STEADY-STATE OPERATING CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; VOLUMETRIC SOLAR RECEIVERS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84969924781     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.05.075     Document Type: Article

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