Practical considerations in designing large scale "beam down" optical systems

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 0110091-0110097

  Segal, Akiba ^a   Epstein, Michael ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BUILDINGS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; CORROSION PREVENTION; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; REFLECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TOWERS; VEHICULAR TUNNELS;

AIMPOINT (CO); COMMERCIAL USES; COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR (CPC); CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CURRENT MIRRORING; DESIGN PARAMETERS (DP); DETAILED DESIGN; EXIT DIAMETER; HELIOSTAT FIELD; INPUT ENERGY; LARGE SCALES; MAXIMUM ENERGY; NATURAL COOLING; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); POWER OUTPUTS; SCALE BEAM; SOLAR FLUXES; SOLAR REACTORS; UP-SCALING; WORKING TEMPERATURES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 47049100860     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2804629     Document Type: Conference Paper

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