Theoretical analysis of error transfer from the surface slope to the reflected ray and their application in the solar concentrated collector

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2592-2599

  Huang, Weidong ^a   Han, Zhengfu ^a  

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

Author keywords

Concentrated solar collector; Gaussian distribution; Reflected ray error; Slope error; Standard deviation

Indexed keywords

GENERAL EQUATIONS; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LINEAR FRESNEL; OPTICS ANALYSIS; REFLECTED RAY; SLOPE ERRORS; STANDARD DEVIATION; SURFACE SLOPE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; STATISTICS;

ERRORS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ERROR ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GEOMETRY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIATION BALANCE; REFRACTION; SLOPE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84865600429     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.05.029     Document Type: Article

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