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A design study for a 900°C, direct absorption, solar central receiver concept has been performed. The eutectic mixture of sodium, potassium, and lithium carbonates was the heat absorbing fluid. This molten salt has several desired properties but is corrosive at 900°C, so that finding suitable materials of construction is one of the key problems in developing this technique. Such research, development, and design issues as flow and heat-transfer characteristics of the film, cavity layout, and downcomer piping design are discussed. The overall performance of the system has been predicted, based on current knowledge, and these results are presented.
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West, R.E. (1987). Direct Absorption Receiver System for High Temperature. In: Yüncü, H., Paykoc, E., Yener, Y. (eds) Solar Energy Utilization. NATO ASI Series, vol 129. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3631-7_16
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