Ideal 3D asymmetric concentrator

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-117

  Garcia Botella, Angel ^a   Fernandez Balbuena, Antonio Alvarez ^b   Vázquez, Daniel ^b   Bernabeu, Eusebio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concentrators; Optical engineering; Solar concentration

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; REVERSE ENGINEERING;

FIELD THEORY; NON-IMAGING OPTICS; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; REVERSE ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES; SOLAR APPLICATIONS; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; TRANSLATIONAL SYMMETRY;

OPTICAL ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING; OPTICAL METHOD; PHOTOMETER;

EID: 56949089184     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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