A molten salt helical coil steam generator is an alternative to kettle- or drum-type evaporators which are currently used in commercial-scale solar thermal power plants. A 300 kW prototype was tested during the OPTS project at ENEA. The experimental results presented in this paper have been used to validate a detailed heat transfer analysis of the whole system. The heat transfer analysis deals with the study of both the overall heat transfer coefficient and the shell-side heat transfer coefficient. Due to the specific features of this type of system, no correlations were available in the literature. A new numerical model to predict the performance of large-scale systems is also presented. © 2016 Author(s).
Titolo: | Analysis of a helical coil once-through molten salt steam generator: Experimental results and heat transfer evaluation |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 |
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Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12079/3447 |
ISBN: | 9780735413863 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno |