Modelling line-axis solar concentrators in the medium temperature range

Renewable Energy

Volumn 16, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 743-748

  Eames, P C ^a   Norton, B ^a   Tripagnostopoulos, Y ^b   Yianoulis, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Finite element; Line axis systems; Modelling; Ray trace techniques

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORRELATION METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAY TRACING; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMOANALYSIS;

LINE-AXIS CONCENTRATING SOLAR ENERGY CONCENTRATORS;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 0039184103     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-1481(98)00270-5     Document Type: Article

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