Comparative performances of 'tower-top' and 'tower-reflector' central solar receivers

Solar Energy

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 207-226

  Segal, A ^a   Epstein, M ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIOSTATS (INSTRUMENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

CENTRAL SOLAR RECEIVERS; TOWER-REFLECTOR SOLAR PLANTS; TOWER-TOP SOLAR PLANTS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 0033096944     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(98)00138-8     Document Type: Article

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