Geometric analysis of three-dimensional effects of parabolic trough collectors

Solar Energy

Volumn 88, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-96

  Binotti, Marco ^a,b   Zhu, Guangdong ^a   Gray, Allison ^a   Manzolini, Giampaolo ^b   Silva, Paolo ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar power; Incidence angle modifier; Intercept factor; Optical analysis; Parabolic trough; Three dimensional effects

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; INCIDENCE ANGLES; INTERCEPT FACTOR; OPTICAL ANALYSIS; PARABOLIC TROUGH; THREE DIMENSIONAL EFFECT;

RAY TRACING; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CALIBRATION; GEOMETRY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84871502243     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.10.025     Document Type: Article

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