Abstract: Cavity solar receivers are generally believed to have higher thermal efficiencies than external receivers due to reduced losses. A simple analytical model was presented by the author which ...

Abstract: Performance monitoring is essential in order to conclusively demonstrate the cost effectiveness of a solar heating system. Unfortunately, this “last step” is an aspect which has received little ...

Abstract: Techniques are presented for obtaining generalized finite-difference solutions to partial differential equations of the parabolic type. It is shown that the advantages of similarity in the solution ...

Abstract: A criterion is proposed which provides a priori means of choosing increments in the independent variables for effecting accurate finite-difference solutions to parabolic partial-differential equations. ...