What does it take to design a high pressure solar boiler

[Rohan2008]

Hi everyone,

I intend to design a high pressure solar central tower boiler/receiver that can output super heated steam. The idea here is that the solar receiver receives about 800Kw of solar radiation and uses it boil water (36C) to about 590C/150bar.

My educational background is not mechanical engineering and so I decided to study the appropriate subjects and acquire the required skills. Based on what I understand about boiler design, I feel that I need to learn the following subjects:

Topics:
1. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer (incropera)

2. Fluid mechanics (Munson, young)

3. Thermal stress
(https://www.amazon.com/dp/1560329718/?tag=pfamazon01-20)

4. Boilers, Evaporators, and Condensers
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0471621706/?tag=pfamazon01-20
or
Heat Exchangers: Selection, Rating, and Thermal Design, Second Edition
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0849309026/?tag=pfamazon01-20
or
Pressure vessel design
https://www.amazon.com/dp/3540491422/?tag=pfamazon01-20
or
Process Heat Transfer: Principles and Applications
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0123735882/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Modeling Software:
a. FEHT
b. EES
c. FlowLab/Fluent


Questions:
i. Is this list complete? Am I missing something?

ii. Is there any other software that I should focus on?

iii. Any short cuts (I doubt if there are any)?

iv. A student version of flowlab seems be available if we purchase “Fundamentals Fluid-Mechanics-Bruce-Munson”. Does this give me a good start with flowlab & fluent or should I simply purchase a student copy of fluent & flowlab and go from there?

v. Whats the best book for point 4?

Any advice is highly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Nick Bruno]

i: Psychrometrics and thermodynamics possibly?
ii: not sure on any software
iii: no