Alignment strategy optimization method for dish stirling faceted concentrators

Proceedings of the Energy Sustainability Conference 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1047-1054

  Andraka, Charles E ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISH STIRLING PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR; THERMAL LOSSES;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MIRRORS; OPTIMIZATION;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 37249057044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2007-36177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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