Towards large-scale solar energy systems with peak concentrations of 20,000 suns

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3139, Issue , 1997, Pages 178-185

  Kribus, Abraham ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Central receiver; Dilution; Heliostats; Stationary collectors; Tracking

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; GAS DYNAMICS; GAS TURBINES; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

ASTIGMATISM; CENTRAL RECEIVER; DILUTION; HELIOSTATS; STATIONARY COLLECTORS; TRACKING;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 0002583418     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.279213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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