Journal
SOLAR ENERGY
Volume 170, Issue -, Pages 913-923Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2018.06.031
Keywords
Solar simulator; Experimental measurements; System modelling; Receiver design
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- Swedish Energy Agency
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Higher performance cavity receivers are needed to increase the competitiveness of solar power plants. However, the design process needs to be improved with more relevant experimental and numerical analyses. Thereby, the performance of four different Dish-Stirling cavities is investigated experimentally analyzing the influence of the cavity aperture diameter and shape at various operating temperatures. Temperatures inside the cavity receiver were collected together with the electrical power produced by the engine-generator. Then, a thermal system simulation was modelled and a comprehensive multi-parameter and multi-operation validation was performed. To improve this validation, the temperature distribution across the receiver tubes was analyzed in order to relate temperatures on the irradiated region with the non-irradiated one, where thermocouples can measure. The simulations were later used to obtain cavity receiver efficiencies, temperatures and loss breakdowns. The results show that the cavity receiver must be studied in optimization processes in conjunction with the other system components. Moreover, the reverse-conical cavity was found to be more efficient than a nearly cylindrical shape. Regarding the cavity receiver thermal losses, radiation and natural convection present similar contributions in the system under study. Finally, it was found that thermocouples installed on a non-irradiated region can be used to obtain peak receiver temperatures if the measurements are rectified by a correction value proportional to the DNI.
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