Heat flux sensors: Calorimeters or radiometers?

Solar Energy

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1314-1320

  Ballestrin J ^a   Estrada, C A ^b   Rodriguez Alonso M ^a   Perez Rabago C ^b   Langley, L W ^c   Barnes, A ^c  

^a PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Vatell Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Calorimeter; Heat flux measurement; High solar irradiance; Radiometer

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CALORIMETERS; HEAT FLUX; RADIOMETERS; SENSORS;

CALIBRATION CONSTANT; HEAT FLUX SENSORS; RADIANT SOURCE; SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

SOLAR RADIATION;

CALIBRATION; CALORIMETERS; HEAT FLUX; RADIOMETERS; SENSORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

CALORIMETRY; HEAT FLUX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIOMETER; SENSOR; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 33749122718     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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