Measurement techniques for the optical quality assessment of parabolic trough collector fields in commercial solar power plants

Proceedings of the Energy Sustainability Conference 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1085-1092

  Ulmer, Steffen ^a   Pottier, Klaus ^a   Lüpfert, Eckhard ^a   Roger, Marc ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC PHOTOGRAMMETRY SYSTEM; OPTICAL QUALITY;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MIRRORS; POWER PLANTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 37249056519     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2007-36221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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