%0 Journal Article %T Design and optimization of baffled fluid distributor for realizing target flow distribution in a tubular solar receiver %+ Andrus Gerontology Center and Department of Biological Sciences %+ Laboratoire de Thermique et d’Energie de Nantes (LTeN) %+ Procédés, Matériaux et Energie Solaire (PROMES) %A Wei, Min %A Fan, Yilin %A Luo, Lingai %A Flamant, Gilles %< avec comité de lecture %Z TFSE %@ 0360-5442 %J Energy %I Elsevier %V 136 %P 126 - 134 %8 2017-10 %D 2017 %R 10.1016/j.energy.2016.04.016 %K Flow distribution %K Tubular solar receiver %K Perforated baffle %K Optimization method %K Pressure drop %Z Engineering Sciences [physics] %Z Engineering Sciences [physics]/Chemical and Process EngineeringJournal articles %X This paper presents an original study on the design and optimization of baffled fluid distributor for the realization of optimal fluid flow distribution in a tubular solar receiver. The basic idea is to install a perforated baffle in the inlet fluid distributor and to optimize the configuration of orifices on the baffle so as to approach the target flow distribution among downstream parallel tubes. A pressurized-air solar receiver comprising of 45 parallel tubes is used for study, with copper or Inconel 600 used as the filling material. %G English %2 https://univ-perp.hal.science/hal-01892674/document %2 https://univ-perp.hal.science/hal-01892674/file/hal-01892674v1.pdf %L hal-01892674 %U https://univ-perp.hal.science/hal-01892674 %~ UNIV-NANTES %~ CNRS %~ UNIV-PERP %~ PROMES %~ LTEN %~ NANTES-UNIVERSITE %~ UNIV-NANTES-AV2022 %~ TEST3-HALCNRS