Optimal solar field design of stationary collectors

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 898-905

  Weinstock, Dan ^a   Appelbaum, Joseph ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; GEOMETRY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; STANDARDS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

SHADED HEIGHTS; SOLAR FIELD DESIGN; SOLAR FIELD PROBLEMS; VARIABLES;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 12344283804     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1756137     Document Type: Article

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