Optical performance of fixed east-west aligned CPCs used in China

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1837-1841

  Tang, Runsheng ^a   Wu, Maogang ^a   Yu, Yamei ^a   Li, Ming ^a  

^a YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fixed CPCs; Optical concentration ratio; Optimal acceptance half angle; Yearly optimal tilt angle

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE HALF-ANGLE; ANNUAL AVERAGE; AZIMUTH ANGLES; COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR; CONCENTRATION RATIO; ENERGY COLLECTION; HIGHER LATITUDES; IN-BETWEEN; MATHEMATICAL PROCEDURES; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; SOLAR GAIN; SOLAR RESOURCES; TILT-ANGLE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

OPTIMIZATION;

AZIMUTH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIATION BUDGET; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 77949567304     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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