27 September 2010 to 1 October 2010
CSIR Convention Centre
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Experimental performance of three solar receivers that use oil as a heat transfer fluid

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CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR, Pretoria
Presentation Track F - Applied and Industrial Physics

Speaker

Dr JUSTICE S.P MLATHO (NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY)

Description

A Conical Tube (CT) and two volumetric solar receivers have been designed. The volumetric receivers have maximum efficiencies of 35 % for outlet temperatures (Tout) of 100 oC while that of the CT receiver is 42 %. Thus the CT receiver has best designed.

Primary author

Dr JUSTICE S.P MLATHO (NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY)

Co-authors

Prof. Michael McPherson (North-West University) Mr Robert J Van den Heetkamp (North-West University) Prof. Simeon H. Taole (North-West University)

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