Experimental and numerical investigation on solar concentrating characteristics of a sixteen-dish concentrator

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 18694-18703

  Xia, Xin Lin ^a   Dai, Gui Long ^a,b   Shuai, Yong ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

3D CPC; 3D CPC SDC; MCRT; SDC; Solar concentrating characteristics

Indexed keywords

3D CPC; 3D CPC-SDC; MCRT; SDC; SOLAR CONCENTRATING CHARACTERISTICS;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84869823824     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.09.115     Document Type: Article

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