Investigation of free-forced convection flows in cavity-type receivers
Abstract
A numerical calculation procedure applicable to cavity-type solar receiver configurations and flow conditions was developed. Air flow visualization experiments were performed, and experimental measurements of quantities valuable for the development of the numerical calculation procedure were made. The investigation is focussed on a configuration which is strongly two dimensional in the mean flow structure (but turbulent in a truly three dimensional sense).
- Publication:
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California Univ., Berkeley Report
- Pub Date:
- July 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982ucb..reptR....H
- Keywords:
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- Convective Flow;
- Numerical Flow Visualization;
- Solar Collectors;
- Air Flow;
- Cavities;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Heat Transfer;
- Systems Engineering;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer