AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF FREE-CONVECTION IN COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR (CPC) CAVITIES

被引:12
作者
CHEW, TC [1 ]
WIJEYSUNDERA, NE [1 ]
TAY, AO [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL UNIV SINGAPORE, DEPT MECH & PROD ENGN, SINGAPORE 0511, SINGAPORE
来源
JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME | 1988年 / 110卷 / 04期
关键词
Heat Transfer--Convection - Data Processing--Data Reduction and Analysis;
D O I
10.1115/1.3268270
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
An experimental study of the free convection heat transfer between the cylindrical absorber and the flat top of a compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) is described. Results are obtained for a range of absorber temperatures and four CPC cavity heights. For similar conditions of operating temperature, the heat transfer from a cylinder in free air is about 30 to 50 percent higher than in a CPC cavity. Two correlations for Nusselt and Grashof numbers have been obtained using the equivalent length and the cavity height as the characteristic length of the system.
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页码:293 / 298
页数:6
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