Detailed analysis of the solar power collected in a beam-down central receiver system

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 734-745

  Leonardi, Erminia ^a  

^a CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beam down; Blocking and cosine effect; Central receiver systems; Characteristic function; Heliostat; Shading

Indexed keywords

BEAM-DOWN; CENTRAL RECEIVER SYSTEM; CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTIONS; COSINE EFFECT; SHADING;

HELIOSTATS (INSTRUMENTS); SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

DESIGN; ECCENTRICITY; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84855783475     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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