Dense gas-particle suspension upward flow used as heat transfer fluid in solar receiver: : PEPT experiments and 3D numerical simulations
- Submitting institution
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The University of Birmingham
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 42070143
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.powtec.2016.11.006
- Title of journal
- Powder Technology
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- First page
- 25
- Volume
- 307
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0032-5910
- Open access status
- Technical exception
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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5
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This works stems from an EU-funded consortium (CSP2; http://www.csp2-project.eu/) investigating the use of a novel upward-moving dense fluidised bed (rather than molten salts) as a heat-transfer medium for solar power generation. The present work reports on the use of positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) to test the ability of a computational approach to understand dense particle suspension motion, and thus ultimately assist in future design/optimisation for this technology. Dense particle suspensions could enable operating temperatures >1000°C; almost double those of the most efficient molten salts. The first “on-sun” demonstration of the concept was in CNRS’s test site in France.
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- Non-English
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