A photographic flux mapping method for concentrating solar collectors and receivers

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ho, Clifford K ^a   Khalsa, Siri S ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

collector; concentrating solar; flux map; heliostat; irradiance; receiver

Indexed keywords

BEAM CHARACTERIZATION; COLLECTOR; CONCENTRATING SOLAR; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; DIRECT NORMAL IRRADIANCES; ERROR SOURCES; FILTER ATTENUATION; FLUX-MAPPING METHOD; IRRADIANCE; IRRADIANCE DISTRIBUTION; LAMBERTIAN SURFACES; MAPPING METHOD; OR FLUXES; PIXEL VALUES; RELATIVE ERRORS; SOLAR THERMAL;

DIGITAL CAMERAS; HELIOSTATS (INSTRUMENTS); PIXELS; RECEIVERS (CONTAINERS); SOLAR ENERGY; VIDEO CAMERAS;

REFLECTION;

EID: 84863809814     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4006892     Document Type: Article

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