Ceramic technology for solar thermal receiversThe high-temperature capability, resistance to corrosive environments and non-strategic nature of ceramics have prompted applications in the solar thermal field whose advantages over metallic devices of comparable performance may begin to be assessed. It is shown by a survey of point-focusing receiver designs employing a variety of ceramic compositions and fabrication methods that the state-of-the-art in structural ceramics is not sufficiently advanced to fully realize the promised benefits of higher temperature capabilities at lower cost than metallic alternatives. The ceramics considered include alumina, berylia, magnesia, stabilized zirconia, fused silica, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, mullite and cordierite, processed by such methods as isostatic pressing, dry pressing, slip casting, extrusion, calendaring and injection molding.
Document ID
19820041087
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Kudirka, A. A. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Smoak, R. H. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1981
Subject Category
Energy Production And Conversion
Report/Patent Number
ASME PAPER 81-WA/SOL-24
Meeting Information
Meeting: Winter Annual Meeting
Location: Washington, DC
Start Date: November 15, 1981
End Date: November 20, 1981
Sponsors: American Society of Mechanical Engineers