Reflux Solar Receiver Design Considerations

Conference · Fri Apr 03 19:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5858056

Diver, R. B. ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Reflux heat-pipe and pool-boiler receivers are being developed to improve upon the performance and life of directly-illuminated tube receiver technology used in previous successful demonstrations of dish-Stirling systems. The design of a reflux receiver involves engineering tradeoffs. In this paper, on-sun performance measurements of the Sandia pool-boiler receiver are compared with results from the reflux receiver thermal analysis model, AEETES. Flux and performance implications of various design options are analyzed and discussed.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5858056
• Report Number(s): SAND--91-1267C; CONF-920436--2; ON: DE91018401
• Resource Relation: 1992 ASME-JSES-KSES international solar energy conference, Maui, HI (United States), 4-8 Apr 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140700* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems
A CODES
ALKALI METALS
BOILERS
COMPUTER CODES
DESIGN
ELEMENTS
ENERGY TRANSFER
ENGINES
FLUIDS
HEAT ENGINES
HEAT PIPES
HEAT TRANSFER
LIQUID METALS
LIQUIDS
METALS
PERFORMANCE
POTASSIUM
SODIUM
SOLAR RECEIVERS
STIRLING ENGINES
THERMAL ANALYSIS
WORKING FLUIDS