turbines is experimentally examined and numerically modeled. It consists of an annular
reticulate porous ceramic (RPC) foam concentric with an inner cylindrical cavity-receiver
exposed to concentrated solar radiation. Absorbed heat is transferred by combined
conduction, radiation, and convection to the pressurized air flowing across the RPC. The
governing steady-state mass, momentum, and energy conservation equations are …
A high-temperature pressurized air-based receiver for power generation via solar-driven gas
turbines is experimentally examined and numerically modeled. It consists of an annular
reticulate porous ceramic (RPC) foam concentric with an inner cylindrical cavity-receiver
exposed to concentrated solar radiation. Absorbed heat is transferred by combined
conduction, radiation, and convection to the pressurized air flowing across the RPC. The
governing steady-state mass, momentum, and energy conservation equations are …