A novel 50 kW 11,000 suns high-flux solar simulator based on an array of xenon arc lamps

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 405-411

  Petrasch, Jörg ^a   Coray, Patrick ^b   Meier, Anton ^b   Brack, Max ^b   Häberling, Peter ^b   Wuillemin, Daniel ^b   Steinfeld, Aldo ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; MIRRORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

RADIATIVE POWER; SOLAR FUELS; SPECULAR REFLECTORS; TRANSFER EFFICIENCY;

ARC LAMPS;

EID: 36348960783     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2769701     Document Type: Article

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