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Numerical investigation of natural convection loss from cavity receivers in solar dish applications

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Authors

Paitoonsurikarn, Sawat

Lovegrove, Keith

Hughes, Graham

Pye, John

Publisher

ASME International

Abstract

In open cavity receivers employed in solar paraboloidal dish applications, natural convection occurs and contributes a significant fraction of energy loss. Its characteristics hence need to be clarified so that it can be effectively minimized in order to

Keywords

Keywords: Cavity geometry; Cavity length; Cavity receiver; Combined effect; Energy loss; Experimental conditions; New correlations; Numerical investigations; Numerical results; Open cavity; Operating condition; paraboloidal dish; System efficiency; Computational fl computational fluid dynamics; natural convection; open cavity receiver; paraboloidal dish

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/68591

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1115/1.4003582

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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