... data is ∼5%—which is a good agreement considering the measurement uncertainty in the experimental data is ∼2.5%. nanofluid specific heat nanoparticle molten salt lithium carbonate potassium carbonate solar energy thermal energy storage phase change material Measurement of the specific...

... , A. , and Steinfeld , A. , 2008 , “ A Receiver-Reactor for the Solar Thermal Dissociation of Zinc Oxide ,” ASME J. Solar Energy Eng. , 130 , p. 0210091 . 10.1115/1.2840576 3 Piatkowski , N. , Wieckert , C. , and Steinfeld , A. , 2009 , “ Experimental Investigation of a Packed-Bed Solar...

... cerium compounds infrared spectra porosity porous materials thermal radiation spectroscopy transmittance cerium dioxide solar energy Solar thermochemical reactors make use of concentrated solar radiation to drive highly endothermic processes [( 1 2 3 )]. Reactors based...

... properties of the high temperature nanofluids will also be explored in future experimental studies. The authors acknowledge the support of the Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Program (Golden, CO) under Grant No. DE-FG36-08GO18154 (Title: “Molten Salt-Carbon Nanotube Thermal Energy Storage...

... transfer thermomechanical treatment packed-bed radiation solar energy gasification chemical reactors Morphological and effective heat/mass transfer properties of complex porous media are needed for the engineering design, optimization, and scale-up of thermochemical reactors...

... 03 12 2009 03 12 2009 convection flow through porous media mass transfer permeability porosity radiative transfer reticulate porous ceramic computer tomography transport radiation conduction convection Monte Carlo DPLS solar energy thermochemical cycle hydrogen...

... and Independent Scattering ,” Annu. Rev. Numer. Fluid Mech. Heat Transfer 0892-6883 , 1 , pp. 1 – 32 . packed bed radiation semitransparent solar energy chemical reactors Packed-bed reactors are commonly used in chemical processing because of their relatively high contacting area...

... , Babcock & Wilcox Company, Barberton, OH, Chap. 4. Heat Exchangers Radiation Solar Energy 01 March 1995 01 October 1995 05 12 2007 Table 1 No ×N~ 4 × 4 8 × 8 16 X 16 32 × 32 64 × 64 128 × 128 CPU, s 26 73 244 2870 14473 58779 in order to calculate heat transfer...

... solution because the spectral absorption coefficient is higher in the region of longer wavelengths where the peak emission by Fe 3 O 4 particles occurs. 01 October 1993 01 June 1994 05 12 2007 Numerical Methods Radiation Solar Energy Abdelrahman M. , Fumeaux P...

... correlation length and deviation. 01 July 1993 01 November 1993 23 05 2008 Radiation Radiation Interactions Solar Energy R. A. Dimenna R. 0. Buckius Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, 1206 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801 Electromagnetic...

...- tion, Solar Energy, Transient and Unsteady Heat Transfer. Associate Technical Editor: J. R. Lloyd. 1 Introduction and Problem Formulation Transient natural convection in a side-heated cavity has been studied by a number of authors in the last few years. Patterson and Imberger (1980) found the relevant...

..., Heat Exchangers, Solar Energy. Associate Technical Editor: W. A. Fiveland. written in terms of an overall heat transfer coefficient based on the difference between plate and inlet air temperatures or one based on the logarithmic mean temperature difference as follows. To make the distinction between...

...K. O. Lund 01 September 1992 01 August 1993 23 05 2008 Solar Energy Space Power Systems Transient and Unsteady Heat Transfer A Note on Axial-Flow Sensible-Heat Solar-Dynamic Receivers K. O. Lund1 Nomenclature AF = fluid outlet temperature oscillation amplitude factor...

...N. K. Anand; S. H. Kim; L. S. Fletcher 01 November 1990 01 December 1991 23 05 2008 Electronic Equipment Numerical Methods Solar Energy is 0.72. This gives F = 0.78. For K = 0.25, using Fig. 6, P - 0.78 and F = 0.95. This gives a 22 percent increase in the heat transfer...

... is treated by numerically solving the steady diffusion equation in the air-filled region, and the results are correlated as a function of the spacing and the plate thickness. 12 February 1991 19 August 1991 23 05 2008 Conduction Natural Convection Solar Energy G. A. Moore1 K. G. T...

..., Natural Convection, Solar Energy. Fig. 1 Types of tested bottoms of the model of the honeycomb cell: convex: d/D=1 (hemispherical), A = 3.47 x 10"3 m2 (a); d/D = 0.5, A, = 2.17x1CT3 m2 (6); d/D = 0.25, A = 1.84x1(T3 m2 (c); multiconvex 7*d/D = 0.25, A = 2.49x 10"3 m2 (e); concave: d/0=1 (hemispherical...

...S. Venkateswaran; S. T. Thynell; C. L. Merkle Combined convective and radiative heat transfer in an axisymmetric solar thruster is analyzed. In a solar thruster, focused solar energy is converted into thermal energy by volumetric absorption, resulting in a significant increase in the temperature...

... and steam as the working fluid are given to illustrate the characteristics of the problem. Forced Convection Solar Energy Thermodynamics and Second Law 18 September 1989 17 July 1990 23 05 2008 P. Bannister . Energy Research Centre, Research School of Physical Sciences...

... and correlations. The implications for solar collector design are discussed. Natural Convection Radiation Interactions Solar Energy 18 November 1988 23 05 2008 J. H. Lienhard V Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 Mem. ASME Thermal...

... are performed and compared with the results of previous one-dimensional models. 20 April 1988 20 10 2009 Forced Convection Radiation Interactions Solar Energy S. T. Thynell Assistant Professor. Mem. ASME C. L. Merkle Professor. Mem. ASME Department of Mechanical Engineering...