Optical characterisation of 3-D static solar concentrator

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 579-586

  Sellami, Nazmi ^a   Mallick, Tapas K ^a   McNeil, David A ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building integrated photovoltaics; Photovoltaic systems; Ray trace; Solar concentrators

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE ANGLE; BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS; DIFFUSE LIGHT; DIRECT BEAMS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; INCIDENT ANGLES; INCOMING LIGHT; MAJOR AXIS; MINOR AXIS; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; OPTICAL CHARACTERISATION; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL MODELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; RAY TRACE; STATIC SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 84869497502     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2012.05.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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