Modular design and experimental testing of a 50 kWth pressurized-air solar receiver for gas turbines

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Pozivil, Peter ^a   Ettlin, Nicolas ^a   Stucker, Fabian ^a   Steinfeld, Aldo ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAYTON CYCLE; GAS TURBINES; SILICON CARBIDE; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; STAINLESS STEEL;

ABSOLUTE PRESSURE; CONCENTRATED SOLAR; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; RETICULATED POROUS CERAMICS; SECONDARY CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 84994638534     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4028918     Document Type: Article

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