Heat-Transfer Characteristics of Liquid Sodium in a Solar Receiver Tube with a Nonuniform Heat Flux

This paper presents a numerical simulation on the heat transfer of liquid sodium in a solar receiver tube, as the liquid sodium is a promising heat-transfer candidate for the next generation solar-power-tower (SPT) system. A comparison between three mediums—solar salt, Hitec and liquid sod...

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Main Authors: Jing Liu, Yongqing He, Xianliang Lei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-04-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/8/1432