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Record W4409018528 · doi:10.1016/j.csite.2025.106068

Multi-objective optimization on thermo-structural performance of honeycomb absorbers for concentrated solar power systems

2025· article· en· W4409018528 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueCase Studies in Thermal Engineering · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicSolar Energy Systems and Technologies
Canadian institutionsUniversité de Sherbrooke
FundersFondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y TecnológicoNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaAgencia Nacional de Investigación y DesarrolloNatural Resources CanadaHydro-Québec
KeywordsHoneycombMaterials sciencePower (physics)Nuclear engineeringComposite materialThermodynamicsPhysics

Abstract

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Honeycomb volumetric solar receivers have emerged as promising candidates for concentrating solar power applications because of their thermal and mechanical properties, enabling the efficient heating of fluids. Despite their potential, challenges remain in optimizing channel design and operating conditions to enhance thermodynamic performance. This study identifies design and operating configurations that maximize the thermodynamic performance and structural reliability of silicon carbide honeycomb volumetric solar receivers, focusing on thermal efficiency and factor of safety. We adopted a multi-objective optimization approach by integrating computational fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and thermal stress analysis. To streamline computational efforts, the Taguchi method was employed, reducing the number of required simulations while maintaining a relative error below 5 %. A critical mass flow to absorbed power ratio of 5 × 10 −6 (kg/s)/W was identified, beyond which thermal efficiency stabilizes, providing practical guidance for operational optimization. The optimal configuration achieved a thermal efficiency of 89.3 % and a factor of safety of 87.3 %, with a channel width of 3 mm, a thickness of 0.3 mm, an outlet static pressure of −70 Pa, and a radiation flux of 650 kW/m 2 . These findings establish a robust framework for optimizing honeycomb receivers, addressing thermal and structural performance while maintaining simplicity in manufacturing processes.

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Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

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metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.017
Threshold uncertainty score0.724

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

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Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
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Opus teacher head0.013
GPT teacher head0.246
Teacher spread0.233 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it