Cost/performance tradeoffs for reflectors used in solar concentrating dish systems

2008 Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 505-513

  Andraka, Charles E ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; APERTURE SIZES; BASELINE SYSTEMS; BRAYTON; CAPITAL COSTS; CONCENTRATING DISH; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; CONCENTRATION RATIO; CONCENTRATOR SYSTEMS; DISH-STIRLING SYSTEM; ECONOMIC VALUES; HEAT ABSORBERS; LINE-FOCUS; OPTICAL MODELS; PARABOLIC DISHES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RECEIVER SYSTEM; SHAFT POWER; SLOPE ERRORS; SURFACE SLOPE; SURFACE WAVINESS; THERMAL LOSS; THERMAL SYSTEMS; THERMO CHEMICAL PROCESS; THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE; TOWER SYSTEMS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COSTS; MINING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REFLECTION; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 70349911733     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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