Heat transfer in a molten salt filled enclosure absorbing concentrated solar radiation

• Published in: International journal of heat and mass transfer Vol. 113; pp. 444 - 455
• Main Authors: Amber, I., O’Donovan, T.S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2017; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Absorption; Adiabatic flow; Aspect ratio; Buoyancy; Computational fluid dynamics; Computer simulation; Convection; Finite element analysis; Finite element method; Fluid flow; Heat transfer; Heat transmission; High temperature; Molten salt; Molten salts; Natural convection; Navier-Stokes equations; Numerical simulation; Radiation; Rayleigh number; Salt; Simulation; Solar flux; Solar radiation; Stokes law (fluid mechanics); Surface chemistry; Numerical simulation; Natural convection; Molten salt

•Two dimensional numerical simulation of the transient heating of molten KNO3-NaNO3 presented.•Numerical formulation accounting for the volumetric heating source based on the SMARTS model.•Non linear temperature field and associated flow field described.•Effect of variable Air Mass on a nonlinear te...