Contactless two-stage solar concentrators for tubular absorber

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3139, Issue , 1997, Pages 205-216

  Benítez, Pablo ^a   Miñano, Juan C ^a   Garcia, Raphael ^a   Mohedano Arroyo, Ruben ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concentrator; Nonimaging; Optics design

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFICIENCY; LIGHT; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MIRRORS; MOLLUSCS; SAFETY DEVICES; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CONCENTRATOR; HIGH COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; NON-IMAGING; OPTICS DESIGN; SECONDARY MIRROR; THERMODYNAMIC LIMITS; TWO STAGE DESIGNS;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

EID: 58649092382     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.290219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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