@inproceedings{82bd5c9457fe4f8fb4b3ba6556737672,
title = "Reduction of convective losses in solar cavity receivers",
abstract = "Two design innovations are reported that can help improve the thermal performance of a solar cavity receiver. These innovations utilise the natural variation of wall temperature inside the cavity and active management of airflow in the vicinity of the receiver. The results of computational fluid dynamics modelling and laboratory-scale experiments suggest that the convective loss from a receiver can be reduced substantially by either mechanism. A further benefit is that both radiative and overall thermal losses from the cavity may be reduced. Further work to assess the performance of such receiver designs under operational conditions is discussed.",
author = "Graham Hughes and John Pye and Martin Kaufer and Ehsan Abbasi-Shavazi and Jack Zhang and Adam McIntosh and Tim Lindley",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 Author(s).; 21st International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2015 ; Conference date: 13-10-2015 Through 16-10-2015",
year = "2016",
month = may,
day = "31",
doi = "10.1063/1.4949075",
language = "English",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Inc.",
editor = "Vikesh Rajpaul and Christoph Richter",
booktitle = "SolarPACES 2015",
address = "United States",
}