Truncation of the secondary concentrator (CPC) as means to cost effective beam-down system

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 0310041-0310044

  Segal, Akiba ^a   Epstein, Michael ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR; COST EFFECTIVE; COST EFFECTIVE DESIGN; FOCAL POINTS; GEOMETRICAL CORRECTION; GROUND RECEIVERS; HELIOSTAT FIELD; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; SECONDARY CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR PLANT;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; REFLECTION; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; TOWERS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

EID: 77955219911     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001469     Document Type: Article

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