A new design approach for solar concentrating parabolic dish based on optimized flexible petals

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1536-1548

  Li, Lifang ^a   Dubowsky, Steven ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Low cost fabrication; Parabolic dish mirrors; Solar collector design

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; FLAT MIRRORS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOW COST FABRICATION; LOWER COST; NEW DESIGN; PARABOLIC DISH CONCENTRATOR; PARABOLIC DISHES; REAR SURFACES; REFLECTIVE SURFACES; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; THIN LAYERS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR HEATING;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 80955177156     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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