Maximizing the output of a solar-driven tubular reactor

Solar Energy

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 283-290

  Yao, Chengcai ^a   Epstein, Michael ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 0030268336     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(96)00091-6     Document Type: Article

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