CRS4-2: A numerical code for the calculation of the solar power collected in a central receiver system

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4828-4837

  Leonardi, Erminia ^a   D'Aguanno, Bruno ^a  

^a CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blocking; Central receiver systems; Characteristic function; Cosine effect; Shading; Solar field

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FUNCTIONS; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

BLOCKING; CENTRAL RECEIVER SYSTEM; CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTIONS; COSINE EFFECT; SHADING; SOLAR FIELDS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 79961023065     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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