Progress in heat transfer research for high-temperature solar thermal applications

W Lipiński, E Abbasi-Shavazi, J Chen… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
High-temperature solar thermal energy systems make use of concentrated solar radiation to
generate electricity, produce chemical fuels, and drive energy-intensive processing of …

Convection heat loss from cavity receiver in parabolic dish solar thermal power system: A review

SY Wu, L Xiao, Y Cao, YR Li - Solar energy, 2010 - Elsevier
The convection heat loss from cavity receiver in parabolic dish solar thermal power system
can significantly reduce the efficiency and consequently the cost effectiveness of the system …

A numerical‐experimental study of confined flow around rectangular cylinders

RW Davis, EF Moore, LP Purtell - The Physics of Fluids, 1984 - pubs.aip.org
A previous numerical study by Davis and Moore of vortex shedding from rectangles in
infinite domains is extended to include the effects of confining walls. The major changes to …

Investigations on heat losses from a solar cavity receiver

M Prakash, SB Kedare, JK Nayak - Solar Energy, 2009 - Elsevier
Thermal as well as optical losses affect the performance of a solar parabolic dish-cavity
receiver system. Convective and radiative heat losses form the major constituents of the …

Effect of a magnetic field on natural convection in an open cavity subjugated to water/alumina nanofluid using Lattice Boltzmann method

GHR Kefayati - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper, the effect of a magnetic field on natural convection in an open enclosure which
subjugated to water/alumina nanofluid using Lattice Boltzmann method has been …

A numerical study of two-dimensional laminar natural convection in shallow open cavities

YL Chan, CL Tien - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 1985 - Elsevier
Laminar steady-state natural convection in a two-dimensional rectangular open cavity is
investigated numerically. Isotherms and streamline plots are obtained in a shallow open …

Natural convection heat transfer in partially open inclined square cavities

E Bilgen, H Oztop - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2005 - Elsevier
A numerical study has been carried out on inclined partially open square cavities, which are
formed by adiabatic walls and a partial opening. The surface of the wall inside the cavity …

Free convection of temperature-dependent thermal conductivity based ethylene glycol-Al2O3 nanofluid in an open cavity with wall heat flux

MA Taher, S Siddiqa, M Kamrujjaman… - … Communications in Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
The natural or free convection flow in an open cavity filled with ethylene glycol-Al 2 O 3
nanofluid has been integrated numerically using the multiple-relaxation-time (MRT) lattice …

A smoothed particle hydrodynamics approach for thermo-capillary flows

M Hopp-Hirschler, MS Shadloo, U Nieken - Computers & Fluids, 2018 - Elsevier
Interfacial-driven flows are important phenomena in many processes. In this article, we
present a Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) model for thermo-capillary flow driven …

A detailed mathematical model for thermal performance analysis of a cylindrical cavity receiver in a solar parabolic dish collector system

R Karimi, TT Gheinani, VM Avargani - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, a comprehensive mathematical model was developed and proposed for a
cylindrical cavity receiver, placed at focal point of a parabolic dish collector (PDC) system …