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Design and Performance Evaluation of Solar Air Receivers

공기식 태양열 흡수기의 설계 및 성능평가

  • Received : 2012.06.04
  • Accepted : 2012.06.26
  • Published : 2012.06.30
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Abstract

It is important to produce the high-temperature and high-pressure air for the concentrated solar power system using the combined cycle. In this paper, we designed two types of tubular receivers to heat up the compressed air and provided their preliminary experimental results for performance evaluation and further improvements. The developed receivers are in a square cavity shape surrounded by flow conduits for easy scale-up and radiation loss reduction. The two receivers were tested with 5 bar air in the KIER solar furnace and evaluated in terms of the outlet temperature and the efficiency.

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