Optimized reflectors for non-tracking solar collectors with tubular absorbers

Solar Energy

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-159

  Muschaweck, Julius ^a   Spirkl, Wolfgang ^b   Timinger, Andreas ^a,c   Benz, Nikolaus ^c   Dörfler, Michael ^c   Gut, Martin ^c   Kose, Erwin ^d  

^a Optics and Energy Consulting   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

^d Microtherm Energietechnik GmbH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; RAY TRACING; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE;

CYLINDRICAL ABSORBERS; EDGE RAY REFLECTORS; TRANSLATIONAL SYMMETRY;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 0034140009     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(99)00066-3     Document Type: Article

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