A new strategy for improved spectral performance in solar power plants

Solar Energy

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1263-1269

  Imenes, A G ^a   Buie, D ^a   Mills, D R ^a   Schramek, P ^b   Bosi, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hybrid; Interference filter; Solar power; Spectral beam splitting; Thickness tapering; Wide angle

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; WAVE FILTERS;

INTERFERENCE FILTER; SPECTRAL BEAM SPLITTING; SPECTRAL RECEIVERS; THICKNESS TAPERING;

SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; WAVE FILTERS;

ELECTRICAL POWER; FILTER; POWER PLANT; RAY TRACING; SOLAR POWER; SPECTRUM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEWCASTLE [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 33748953000     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2005.04.021     Document Type: Article

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