Compact high-flux two-stage solar collectors based on tailored edge-ray concentrators

Solar Energy

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 607-615

  Friedman, Robert P ^c   Gordon, J M ^a   Ries, Harald ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

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EID: 0030160809     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-092X(96)00015-1     Document Type: Article

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