Comparative study on annual solar energy collection of a novel lens-walled compound parabolic concentrator (lens-walled CPC)

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-40

  Su, Yuehong ^a   Riffat, Saffa B ^a   Pei, Gang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Acceptance angle; Annual solar energy collection; CPC; Lens walled; Optical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862585010     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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