Etendue-matched two-stage concentrators with multiple receivers

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 196-207

  Chaves, Julio ^a   Collares Pereira, Manuel ^b  

^a Centro de Domótica Integral CeDInt   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CLFR; Etendue matched; Fresnel concentrator; Heliostat; Nonimaging

Indexed keywords

COMPACT LINEAR FRESNEL REFLECTORS; ETENDUE; FRESNEL; HELIOSTAT FIELD; MULTIPLE RECEIVERS; NON-IMAGING; REFLECTED LIGHT; SIZE AND SHAPE; TWO STAGE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LIGHT; REFLECTION;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

LIGHT AVAILABILITY; POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER; WAVE SETUP;

EID: 74149092691     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.10.022     Document Type: Article

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