Thermodynamic efficiency of solar concentrators

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 101, 2010, Pages A5-A16

  Shatz, Narkis ^a   Bortz, John ^a   Winston, Roland ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACHINE DESIGN; PHASE SPACE METHODS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC; FABRICATION ERRORS; FERMAT'S PRINCIPLE; GOLD STANDARDS; INADEQUATE DESIGN; LOSS MECHANISMS; NON-IMAGING; OPTICAL THERMODYNAMICS; PHASE SPACES; SECOND LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS; SOLAR POWER; THERMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77952051330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.0000A5     Document Type: Article

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