Experimental study of ceramic foams used as high temperature volumetric solar absorber

Solar Energy

Volumn 136, Issue , 2016, Pages 226-235

  Mey Cloutier, S ^a   Caliot, C ^a   Kribus, A ^b   Gray, Y ^b   Flamant, G ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ceramic foam; High temperature; Solar furnace; Solar volumetric absorber

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CERAMIC FOAMS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; GEOMETRY; POROSITY; SILICON CARBIDE; SOLAR FURNACES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; RETICULATE POROUS CERAMICS; SOLAR THERMAL ELECTRICITY; SOLAR VOLUMETRIC ABSORBER; THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE; VOLUMETRIC RECEIVERS;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

ABSORBANCE; CERAMICS; DURABILITY; ELECTRICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOAM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOMOGENEITY; IRRADIATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER; VOLUME;

EID: 84978052618     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2016.06.066     Document Type: Article

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