CFD Study on a Breadboard Receiver With Inserted Spiral Structures and Sodium as Coolant
In this work CFD studies about tubular CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) receivers with heat fluxes of more than 4 MW/m2 and liquid sodium as heat transfer medium are presented. A significant improvement of heat transfer conditions is achieved by using spiral type ribs at the inner pipe walls. Furthermore, a comparison of receivers made of Inconel 690 and Niob is shown.
Authors
- Joachim Fuchs
- Michael E. Böttcher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8877-0303)
Institutions
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- SolarPACES Conference Proceedings
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.52825/solarpaces.v3i.2399
- Primary Topic
- Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00