Contactless efficient two-stage solar concentrator for tubular absorber

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 28, 1997, Pages 7119-7124

  Benítez, Pablo ^a   García, Rafael ^a   Miñano, Juan C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concentrator; Nonimaging; Optics design

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009481786     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.007119     Document Type: Article

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