A cone concentrator for high-temperature solar cavity-receivers

Solar Energy

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-41

  Hahm, T ^a   Schmidt Traub, H ^a   Lessmann B ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ABSORPTION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT SINKS; INFRARED FURNACES;

CONE CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR CAVITY RECEIVERS;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

SOLAR POWER;

EID: 0032942278     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(98)00119-4     Document Type: Article

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