Ivette Rodriguez

TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed numerical heat transfer model based on the finite volume method for these equipment is presented, where the different elements of the receiver are discretised into several segments in both axial and azimuthal directions and energy balances are applied for each control volume.

TL;DR: The direct numerical simulation of the flow over a sphere is performed to provide reliable data for testing and developing statistical turbulence models, and the capability of the methodology used on unstructured grids for accurately solving flows in complex geometries is pointed out.

TL;DR: In this article, the flow dynamics of the near wake region behind a circular cylinder has been investigated by means of direct numerical simulations and statistics have been computed for more than 858 shedding cycles.

TL;DR: In this paper, different impinging jet configurations are studied by means of time-averaged Navier-Stokes simulations, and results from numerical simulations, using different models, are compared among them and with experimental data available in the literature.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a new thermocline-like storage concept, which consists of a storage tank filled with a combination of solid material and encapsulated PCMs, forming a multi-layered packed bed, with molten salt as the heat transfer fluid.