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Simulation and experimental study on a spiral solid particle solar receiver

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  • Xiao, Gang
  • Guo, Kaikai
  • Luo, Zhongyang
  • Ni, Mingjiang
  • Zhang, Yanmei
  • Wang, Cheng

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A solid-particle solar receiver was proposed to convert concentrated solar beams into heat for high-temperature thermal storage in a two-stage dish system. Spherical Xe-arc lamps were used to simulate a solar light source. The performances of this receiver under a Xe-arc lamp array system were experimentally and numerically investigated. For a single pass, the temperature increase exceeded 350°C, and the optical efficiency and thermal efficiency were ∼84% and 60%, respectively, when the average flux on the aperture was ∼19.3kW/m2. A Monte-Carlo ray-tracing method was used to simulate concentrating beams, which was integrated with a thermal conversion model. The coupled model was validated under low radiation flux conditions and then used to predict the solid-particle receiver performance under high radiation flux conditions. The simulation results indicate that the final temperature of the single-pass particles would increase to over 1100°C under an average flux of 150kW/m2. In addition, the efficiency of the receiver could be enhanced by reducing the radiative emission.

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  • Xiao, Gang & Guo, Kaikai & Luo, Zhongyang & Ni, Mingjiang & Zhang, Yanmei & Wang, Cheng, 2014. "Simulation and experimental study on a spiral solid particle solar receiver," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 178-188.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:113:y:2014:i:c:p:178-188
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.06.045
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