Performance limits of heliostat fields

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 240-246

  Kribus, A ^a   Krupkin, V ^c   Yogev, A ^a   Spirki, W ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Elbit Systems Electro Optics Elop Limited   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; RAY TRACING; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CASSEGRAINIAN COLLECTOR; COMPOUND ELLIPTIC CONCENTRATOR (CEC); COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR (CPC); TAILORED EDGE-RAY CONCENTRATOR (TERC);

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 0032206689     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2888126     Document Type: Article

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