New understanding and models for two-phase solar thermal particle receivers

该项目旨在为下一代太阳能热粒子接收器及其混合装置提供新的理解和计算设计工具。颗粒接收器可以加热悬浮中的细颗粒，其效率比目前的管状接收器高得多，但由于对控制其性能的复杂和耦合机制的了解不足，目前并不可靠。研究结果有望加快这些设备的开发和推广，为未来的发电和热化学过程提供成本效益高、低排放的能源技术。这些目标将通过并行应用先进的激光诊断测量和计算流体动力学建模技术来实现。

The project aims to provide the new understanding of, and computational design tools for, next generation solar thermal particle receivers and their hybrids. Particle receivers, which heat fine particles in suspension, offer much greater efficiency than current tubular receivers, but are presently unreliable due to the poor understanding of the complex and coupled mechanisms that govern their performance. The results are expected to speed up the development and roll-out of these devices, to deliver cost-effective, low-emissions energy technologies for future power generation and thermo-chemical processes. The aims will be met by the parallel application of advanced laser diagnostic measurements and computational fluid dynamics modelling techniques.