The SkyTrough™ parabolic trough solar collector

Proceedings of the ASME 3rd International Conference on Energy Sustainability 2009, ES2009

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 573-580

  Farr, Adrian ^a   Gee, Randy ^a  

^a SkyFuel Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION SYSTEMS; ALUMINUM SPACE FRAMES; APERTURE AREA; ASSEMBLY TIME; CAPITAL COSTS; GLASS MIRRORS; IN-RUSH CURRENT; INSTALLATION TIME; LARGE APERTURE; LINEAR RECEIVER; LOW COSTS; MIRROR FILM; NEW HIGH; PARABOLIC TROUGH; PER UNIT; POWER CONSUMPTION; SUN-TRACKING; TORQUE CAPABILITY;

GLASS; INNOVATION; MIRRORS; REFLECTION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 77953741283     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2009-90090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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