Imperial College London

Professor Omar K. Matar, FREng

Faculty of EngineeringDepartment of Chemical Engineering

Head of Department of Chemical Engineering
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 9618o.matar Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Mr Avery Kitchens +44 (0)20 7594 6263

 
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Location

 

305 ACEACE ExtensionSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Moran:2021:10.1007/978-981-33-4765-6_32,
author = {Moran, H and Voulgaropoulos, V and Zogg, D and Matar, O and Markides, C},
doi = {10.1007/978-981-33-4765-6_32},
pages = {175--178},
publisher = {Springer Singapore},
title = {Experimental observations of flow boiling in horizontal tubes for direct steam generation in concentrating solar power plants},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4765-6_32},
year = {2021}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - CPAPER
AB - Direct steam generation (DSG) for concentrating solar power (CSP) is an emerging technology that can unlock new avenues for efficient and affordable energy utilisation and expand the current capabilities of CSP. However, the direct evaporation of steam in parabolic trough solar collectors presents control and operational challenges due to the inherently complex two-phase nature and inherent unsteadiness of the boiling flow inside the tubes. Thus, a fundamental understanding of the hydrodynamic and heat transfer characteristics of this two-phase flow is required. A bespoke flow boiling facility has been constructed for the investigation of boiling flows using laser diagnostic techniques to gain accurate spatio-temporally resolved information on the flow characteristics. The facility has been validated and a proof of concept of the application of particle image velocimetry to boiling flows performed.
AU - Moran,H
AU - Voulgaropoulos,V
AU - Zogg,D
AU - Matar,O
AU - Markides,C
DO - 10.1007/978-981-33-4765-6_32
EP - 178
PB - Springer Singapore
PY - 2021///
SP - 175
TI - Experimental observations of flow boiling in horizontal tubes for direct steam generation in concentrating solar power plants
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4765-6_32
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/86484
ER -