Two-stage concentrator permitting concentration factors up to 300X with one-axis tracking

Solar Energy

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-300

  Brunotte, M ^a   Goetzberger, A ^a   Blieske, U ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; GEOMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; THERMODYNAMICS;

HIGH EFFICIENCY; MODELING;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 0030094231     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-092X(95)00107-3     Document Type: Article

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