The effect of receiver geometry on the optical performance of a small-scale solar cavity receiver for parabolic dish applications

Ahmed M. Daabo, Saad Mahmoud and Raya K. Al-Dadah

Energy, 2016, vol. 114, issue C, 513-525

Abstract: Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) can be used as an efficient low cost energy conversion system to produce different types of energy, such as electricity, through the use of concentrated parabolic dish systems. In the study of CSP, most of the researchers focus on the heat losses and their relationships to the receivers' geometries. The present study concentrates on the optical efficiency as well as the flux distribution of the three different geometries: cylindrical, conical and spherical, of a cavity receiver, with the objective of analysing their behaviour using an advanced ray tracing method.

Keywords: Concentrated solar plant; Parabolic dish; Cavity receiver; Ray-tracing; Optical efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.08.025

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