Solar collector overheating protection

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 982-987

  Slaman, M ^a   Griessen, R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Optical switch; Overheat protection; Prismatic structure; Solar thermal collector; Total reflection

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; FLUID CHANNELS; INCOMING LIGHT; INDEX OF REFRACTION; OVERHEAT PROTECTION; OVERHEATING PROTECTION; PRISMATIC STRUCTURE; PRISMATIC STRUCTURES; REDUCING EFFECTS; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; SWITCHABILITY; THERMAL HEAT; THERMAL POWER; TOTAL REFLECTION; TYPICAL DAY;

DUST COLLECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING;

SOLAR ENERGY;

LIGHT EFFECT; REFLECTANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 65949107565     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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