Analytic solutions for the geometric and optical properties of stationary compound parabolic concentrators with fully illuminated inverted V receiver

Solar Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-143

  Fraidenraich, Naum ^a   Tiba, Chigueru ^a   Brandão, Bráulio B ^a   Vilela, Olga C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Analytical expressions; Low concentration CPC 2; Solar thermal collector 1

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; THERMAL ENERGY;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATORS;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; THERMAL ENERGY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 38349032465     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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