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dc.contributor.authorZhu, J
dc.contributor.authorWang, K
dc.contributor.authorJiang, Z
dc.contributor.authorWu, Hongwei
dc.contributor.authorWang, D
dc.contributor.authorLin, F
dc.contributor.authorLi, Y
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-21T16:32:35Z
dc.date.available2017-06-21T16:32:35Z
dc.date.issued2016-07-05
dc.identifier.citationZhu , J , Wang , K , Jiang , Z , Wu , H , Wang , D , Lin , F & Li , Y 2016 , ' Experimental Study of the Energy and Exergy performance for a Pressurized Volumetric Solar Receiver ' , Applied Thermal Engineering , vol. 104 , pp. 212-221 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.05.075
dc.identifier.issn1359-4311
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/18373
dc.descriptionThis document is the Accepted Manuscript of the following article: Jianqin Zhu, Kai Wang, Guoqing Li, Hongwei Wu, Zhaowu Jiang, Feng Lin, and Yongliang Li, 'Experimental study of the energy and exergy performance for a pressurized volumetric solar receiver', Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 104, July 2016, pp. 212-221. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. The Version of Record is available online at doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.05.075. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.description.abstractThis article presents an experimental investigation of the heat transfer characteristics as well as energy and exergy performance for a pressurized volumetric solar receiver under variable mass flow rate conditions. During a two-hour period of continuous operation in the morning, the solar irradiance is relatively stable and maintained at approximately 600 W/m2, which is beneficial for analyzing the energy and exergy performance of the solar receiver. Experimental results show that the mass flow rate fluctuation has insignificant effect on the solar receiver outlet temperature, whereas the mass flow rate plays an important role in the solar receiver power, energy efficiency and exergy efficiency. The efficiency of the solar receiver is normally above 55% with the highest efficiency of 87%, and under steady state operating conditions the efficiency is maintained at approximately 60%. A very low value of the heat loss factor (0.014 kW/K) could be achieved during the current steady state operating conditions. The highest exergy efficiency is approximately 36%. In addition, as the temperature difference increases, the impact of the exergy factor increases. The highest exergy factor is 0.41 during the entire test.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofApplied Thermal Engineering
dc.subjectsolar receiver
dc.subjectexergy
dc.subjectenergy efficiency
dc.subjectheat transfer
dc.subjectradiation
dc.titleExperimental Study of the Energy and Exergy performance for a Pressurized Volumetric Solar Receiveren
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Climate Change Research (C3R)
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Physics, Engineering & Computer Science
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Engineering and Technology
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Engineering Research
dc.contributor.institutionEnergy and Sustainable Design Research Group
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
dc.date.embargoedUntil2017-05-14
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.05.075
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