1989
DOI: 10.1115/1.3268299
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Heat Transfer Modeling of the IEA/SSPS Volumetric Receiver

Abstract: During the summer and fall of 1987 in Almeria, Spain, a wire-pack receiver was tested by the International Energy Agency/Small Solar Power Systems (IEA/SSPS). The basic operation of the receiver is that: air is drawn through several layers of stainless steel wire screen; concentrated solar flux is directed on the face of the screen pack; the oxidized wires absorb the solar energy; and heat is transferred to the air flowing through the screen. Although the experiment goal was strictly proof-of-concept and was n… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
2
1

Citation Types

0
6
0

Year Published

1990
1990
2017
2017

Publication Types

Select...
8

Relationship

0
8

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 14 publications
(6 citation statements)
references
References 0 publications
0
6
0
Order By: Relevance
“…(1) and (2), the transmittance of a single screen (T t ) can be solved for iteratively if the transmittance of a given number of multiple screens (T m ) is known.…”
Section: Solar Transmittance Of Multiple Screensmentioning
confidence: 99%
See 2 more Smart Citations
“…(1) and (2), the transmittance of a single screen (T t ) can be solved for iteratively if the transmittance of a given number of multiple screens (T m ) is known.…”
Section: Solar Transmittance Of Multiple Screensmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For a more exhaustive literature review of both thermal and chemical reaction solar volumetric receivers, see Hellmuth [5]. The experimental work of this study had multiple purposes, including: (1) proof of concept and measurement of overall receiver efficiency, (2) measurement of relevant temperatures and radiation fluxes to better understand receiver operation, and (3) support of future theoretical model development by determination of model input parameters.…”
mentioning
confidence: 99%
See 1 more Smart Citation
“…Subsequently, a new absorber using a porous ceramic material was designed by the University of Colorado and produced as prototype by Sandia National Laboratories [3]. The absorber structure was a foam made out of aluminium oxide, coated with black paint in order to increase the solar absorption.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Early numerical heat transfer analysis of volumetric solar absorbers dates back to analysis of the IEA/SSPS receiver for air heating [12] and the CAESAR project for methane reforming [13], where model predictions were compared with experimental results. A more recent study by Wu et al included radiative heat transfer coupled to local thermal non-equilibrium (LTNE) energy conservation in a volumetric absorber [14], demonstrating the non-equilibrium effects and model utility with sensitivity studies to various absorber parameters.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%