Codes for solar flux calculation dedicated to central receiver system applications: A comparative review

Solar Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-197

  Garcia, Pierre ^a   Ferriere, Alain ^a   Bezian, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UMR CNRS 2392   (France)

Author keywords

Central receiver systems; Cone optics; Optical modeling; Ray tracing; Solar flux calculation

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIES; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RAY TRACING;

CENTRAL RECEIVER SYSTEMS; CONE OPTICS; OPTICAL MODELING; SOLAR FLUX CALCULATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

BIBLIOGRAPHIES; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RAY TRACING; SOLAR ENERGY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUX MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOFTWARE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 38949095687     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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