A parametric study of the impact of various error contributions on the flux distribution of a solar dish concentrator

ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 565-580

  Andraka, Charles E ^a   Yellowhair, Julius ^a   Iverson, Brian D ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROCESS; COMPONENT FAILURES; DISH CONCENTRATOR; ENERGY CONVERTERS; ERROR BUDGETS; ERROR SOURCES; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; FLUX PATTERNS; FOCAL POINTS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCESS; INCIDENT POWER; OPTICAL CODES; OPTICAL ERROR; PARAMETRIC STUDY; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARED; SHAPE ERRORS; SMALL APERTURE; SMALL SCALE; THERMAL LOSS; TRACKING ERRORS;

BUDGET CONTROL; RANDOM ERRORS;

SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

EID: 84860295288     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2010-90242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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