The thermal evaluation of different absorber configurations for a volumetric solar receiver designed for a solar furnace has been carried out by means of commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software in a 2D numerical model. Simulation results for proposed configurations depending on...

Direct steam generation (DSG) process in the absorber tubes of parabolic-trough solar collectors is experiencing an important development in the last decade. This concentrated solar technology can be used in solar fields for electricity production or industrial-process heat supply. The modeling...

Solar volumetric-receivers have been successfully used in both electricity production and thermochemical applications. This paper studies the applicability of this technology to the production of process heat for high-temperature uses (573–1073 K).