Point focusing double parabolic trough concentrator

Solar energy

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 85-94

  Murphree, Quincy C ^a,b  

^a Kentucky Mountain Bible College   (United States)

^b Hazard Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN;

POINT FOCUSING DOUBLE PARABOLIC TROUGH CONCENTRATORS;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 0035148188     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(00)00138-9     Document Type: Article

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