Conference Proceedings
Development of ASTRI High-Temperature Solar Receivers
Joe Coventry, Maziar Arjomandi, Charles-Alexis Asselineau, Alfonso Chinnici, Clotilde Corsi, Dominic Davis, Jin-Soo Kim, Apurv Kumar, Wojciech Lipinski, William Logie, Graham Nathan, John Pye, Woei Saw, A AlObaidli (ed.), N Calvet (ed.), C Richter (ed.)
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER AND CHEMICAL ENERGY SYSTEMS (SOLARPACES 2016) | AMER INST PHYSICS | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.1063/1.4984354
Abstract
Three high-temperature solar receiver design concepts are being evaluated as part of the Australian Solar Thermal Research Initiative (ASTRI): a flux-optimised sodium receiver, a falling particle receiver, and an expanding-vortex particle receiver. Preliminary results from performance modelling of each concept are presented. For the falling particle receiver, it is shown how particle size and flow rate have a significant influence on absorptance. For the vortex receiver, methods to reduce particle deposition on the window and increase particle residence time are discussed. For the sodium receiver, the methodology for geometry optimisation is discussed, as well as practical constraints relati..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This research was performed as part of the Australian Solar Thermal Research Initiative (ASTRI), a project supported by the Australian Government, through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).