Performance study of a solar-assisted organic Rankine cycle using a dish-mounted rectangular-cavity tubular solar receiver

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 108, Issue , 2016, Pages 1298-1309

  Loni, R ^a   Kasaeian, A B ^b   Askari Asli Ardeh, E ^a   Ghobadian, B ^c   Le Roux, W G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOHAGHEGH ARDABILI   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cavity receiver; Dish collector; Solar ORC; Thermal oil; Thermodynamic modeling

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CAVITY RESONATORS; EFFICIENCY; FLUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; RANKINE CYCLE; TEMPERATURE;

CAVITY RECEIVER; DISH COLLECTORS; SOLAR ORC; THERMAL OIL; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84982107345     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.08.014     Document Type: Article

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