Optimized working temperatures of a solar central receiver

Solar Energy

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 503-510

  Segal, Akiba ^a   Epstein, Michael ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beam down optics; Solar power

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS TURBINES; HELIOSTATS (INSTRUMENTS); OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SOLAR CENTRAL RECEIVERS; SOLAR TOWER TECHNOLOGY;

SOLAR ENERGY;

SOLAR POWER;

EID: 0242489568     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2003.08.036     Document Type: Article

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