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Experimental performance and economic analysis of finned solar receiver for parabolic dish solar collector [PDF]

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
The solar receiver is a vital component of concentrated solar collectors that absorbs solar radiation and converts it into heat. One of the challenges the research community faces is minimizing heat loss from the receiver at higher temperatures to ...
Senthil Kumar Vishnu, Ramalingam Senthil
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Porous Carbon Nanofoam Derived From Pitch as Solar Receiver for Efficient Solar Steam Generation [PDF]

open access: yesGlobal Challenges, 2020
Photothermal‐material‐assisted solar‐steam generation has recently attracted intensive attention due to its superior evaporation rate with high energy conversion efficiency for desalination.
Lihua Chen   +6 more
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Study of PTC System with Rectangular Cavity Receiver with Different Receiver Tube Shapes Using Oil, Water and Air [PDF]

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
Today, application of cavity receivers in solar concentrator systems is suggested as an interesting and novelty research subject for increasing thermal performance.
Alireza Rafiei   +3 more
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Thermal Performance Characteristics of a Microchannel Gas Heater for Solar Heating Applications

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
In the present article, the heat transfer and fluid flow of the air in a compact microchannel gas heater (MCGH) was experimentally quantified. To understand the effect of heat flux value (HFV), and inlet velocity on the heat transfer coefficient (HTC ...
Bo Yang   +2 more
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Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer and Flow Characteristics of Supercritical CO2 in Solar Tower Microchannel Receivers at High Temperature

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
Using supercritical CO2 as a heat transfer fluid in microchannel receivers is a promising alternative for tower concentrating solar power plants. In this paper, the heat transfer and flow characteristics of supercritical CO2 in microchannels at high ...
Xiaoru Zhuang   +4 more
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Manufacturing and Thermal Shock Resistance of 3D-Printed Porous Black Zirconia for Concentrated Solar Applications

open access: yesCrystals, 2023
A novel approach for manufacturing porous materials, foreseen as solar receivers for concentrated sun radiation, used in the power tower technology is presented.
Fernando Almeida Costa Oliveira   +6 more
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Study on Thermal Stress of Water/Steam Solar Absorber Tubes Under Unilateral Non-uniform Heat Flux Boundary Conditions

open access: yes发电技术, 2021
The absorber tubes are subjected to highly non-uniform solar irradiation inside a water/steam solar cavity receiver. This causes the uneven wall temperature and large gradients applied to the absorber tubes, producing thermal deformation and stress, even
Canghong ZHANG, Nan TU, Jiabin FANG
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Design and installation of (flower sun) a concentration dish and study its parameters

open access: yesTikrit Journal of Pure Science, 2023
Design and installation of (3m) aperture concentration, by using Six curved pieces in the form of parabola Was covered by Aluminum golden mirror, the (focus) at (1.52 m) from the center of parabolic dish, a receiver (boiler) fixed at focus, the ...
Yaseen. H. Mahmood   +2 more
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Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Solar Receiver Heat Losses of a Commercial 9 MWe Linear Fresnel Power Plant

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
Evaluating the heat losses of linear Fresnel concentrator (LFC) receivers is crucial for determining plant efficiency and managing the flow rate in solar lines. This becomes particularly significant when operating in direct steam generation to manage the
Edouard Montanet   +3 more
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Transient Simulation Of A Solar-Hybrid Tower Power Plant With Open Volumetric Receiver At The Location Barstow [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In this work the transient simulations of four hybrid solar tower power plant concepts with open-volumetric receiver technology for a location in Barstow-Daggett, USA, are presented.
Alexopoulos, Spiros   +11 more
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