Measuring High Surface Temperature in Concentrated Solar Radiation Environments

Jesús Ballestrín; María-Isabel Roldán

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Measuring High Surface Temperature in Concentrated Solar Radiation Environments

Jesús Ballestrín, María-Isabel Roldán

Published in American Journal of Engineering and Technology Management (Volume 2, Issue 3)

Received: 7 March 2017 Accepted: 22 March 2017 Published: 15 October 2017

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Abstract

Surface temperature is a highly desired but difficult measurement especially in concentrated solar context. In this work a method for surface temperature measurement based on contact sensors is presented. In the case of materials with high thermal conductivity, contact sensors positioned in the back of the material sample and very close to the surface is the most accurate way to measure surface temperature. Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations have shown the truth of this statement. The higher thermal conductivity of the material, the lower the uncertainty in the measurement of surface temperature using this methodology. This measurement procedure has been applied to AISI 310S steel samples in the Plataforma Solar de Almería vertical axis solar furnace SF5 confirming the validity of the simulations.

Published in	American Journal of Engineering and Technology Management (Volume 2, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajetm.20170203.12
Page(s)	25-35
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2017. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Contact Sensor, High Temperature, Heat Transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), 2D Thermal Simulation

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Jesús Ballestrín, María-Isabel Roldán. (2017). Measuring High Surface Temperature in Concentrated Solar Radiation Environments. American Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 2(3), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajetm.20170203.12

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Jesús Ballestrín; María-Isabel Roldán. Measuring High Surface Temperature in Concentrated Solar Radiation Environments. Am. J. Eng. Technol. Manag. 2017, 2(3), 25-35. doi: 10.11648/j.ajetm.20170203.12

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Jesús Ballestrín, María-Isabel Roldán. Measuring High Surface Temperature in Concentrated Solar Radiation Environments. Am J Eng Technol Manag. 2017;2(3):25-35. doi: 10.11648/j.ajetm.20170203.12

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Jesús Ballestrín

CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de Almería, Solar Concentrating Systems Unit, Almería, Spain
María-Isabel Roldán

CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de Almería, Solar Concentrating Systems Unit, Almería, Spain

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Jesús Ballestrín, María-Isabel Roldán. Measuring High Surface Temperature in Concentrated Solar Radiation Environments. Am J Eng Technol Manag. 2017;2(3):25-35. doi: 10.11648/j.ajetm.20170203.12

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