Experimental Investigation on the Vector Characteristics of Concentrated Solar Radiation Flux Map
It is difficult to measure the concentrated solar radiation flux (CSRF) inside a cavity receiver directly due to the complex geometry of cavity receivers. At present, most reports measure the CSRF at the aperture plane (generally coinciding with the focal plane of solar concentrators) of the cavity...
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| description | It is difficult to measure the concentrated solar radiation flux (CSRF) inside a cavity receiver directly due to the complex geometry of cavity receivers. At present, most reports measure the CSRF at the aperture plane (generally coinciding with the focal plane of solar concentrators) of the cavity receiver instead of at the absorber wall, which would result in serious aberration because of the obvious difference in configuration between the aperture plane and the absorber wall. To obtain the CSRF at the absorber wall with complex geometry, the vector characteristics (consisting of both directional distributions and spatial distributions) of the CSRF at the focal plane were measured using developed double water-cooled Lambertian targets together with a CCD (charge-coupled device) camera. Then the CSRF images at the absorber wall of a hemisphere cavity receiver were carried out by applying MCRTM (Monte Carlo ray-tracing method) in combination with the measured vector results of the CSRF at the aperture plane. Results show that the directional distributions of the CSRF at the aperture plane are rather nonhomogeneous along the zenith angle and the circumferential angle. The directional distribution performance of the CSRF at the focal plane plays an equally important role in the CSRF images of the cavity receivers. In addition, the relative error of the peak CSRF value of the cavity receiver between the uniform and the measured directional distribution cases is up to 16%. The conclusions provide an important reference for the development of the CSRF measurement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e5bd973c2021450ba29a9ad248c2aed62023-11-16T15:15:00ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-12-0116113610.3390/en16010136Experimental Investigation on the Vector Characteristics of Concentrated Solar Radiation Flux MapGuilong Dai0Ying Zhuang1Xiaoyu Wang2Xue Chen3Chuang Sun4Shenghua Du5School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institution of Technology, Harbin 150001, ChinaKey Laboratory of New Energy and Energy Conservation for Buildings in Fujian Province, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, ChinaKey Laboratory of New Energy and Energy Conservation for Buildings in Fujian Province, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, ChinaSchool of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institution of Technology, Harbin 150001, ChinaSchool of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institution of Technology, Harbin 150001, ChinaSchool of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institution of Technology, Harbin 150001, ChinaIt is difficult to measure the concentrated solar radiation flux (CSRF) inside a cavity receiver directly due to the complex geometry of cavity receivers. At present, most reports measure the CSRF at the aperture plane (generally coinciding with the focal plane of solar concentrators) of the cavity receiver instead of at the absorber wall, which would result in serious aberration because of the obvious difference in configuration between the aperture plane and the absorber wall. To obtain the CSRF at the absorber wall with complex geometry, the vector characteristics (consisting of both directional distributions and spatial distributions) of the CSRF at the focal plane were measured using developed double water-cooled Lambertian targets together with a CCD (charge-coupled device) camera. Then the CSRF images at the absorber wall of a hemisphere cavity receiver were carried out by applying MCRTM (Monte Carlo ray-tracing method) in combination with the measured vector results of the CSRF at the aperture plane. Results show that the directional distributions of the CSRF at the aperture plane are rather nonhomogeneous along the zenith angle and the circumferential angle. The directional distribution performance of the CSRF at the focal plane plays an equally important role in the CSRF images of the cavity receivers. In addition, the relative error of the peak CSRF value of the cavity receiver between the uniform and the measured directional distribution cases is up to 16%. The conclusions provide an important reference for the development of the CSRF measurement.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/1/136solar energyconcentrated solar radiation fluxdirectional distributionsgeometric opticscavity receiver |
| spellingShingle | Guilong Dai Ying Zhuang Xiaoyu Wang Xue Chen Chuang Sun Shenghua Du Experimental Investigation on the Vector Characteristics of Concentrated Solar Radiation Flux Map Energies solar energy concentrated solar radiation flux directional distributions geometric optics cavity receiver |
| title | Experimental Investigation on the Vector Characteristics of Concentrated Solar Radiation Flux Map |
| title_full | Experimental Investigation on the Vector Characteristics of Concentrated Solar Radiation Flux Map |
| title_fullStr | Experimental Investigation on the Vector Characteristics of Concentrated Solar Radiation Flux Map |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental Investigation on the Vector Characteristics of Concentrated Solar Radiation Flux Map |
| title_short | Experimental Investigation on the Vector Characteristics of Concentrated Solar Radiation Flux Map |
| title_sort | experimental investigation on the vector characteristics of concentrated solar radiation flux map |
| topic | solar energy concentrated solar radiation flux directional distributions geometric optics cavity receiver |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/1/136 |
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