Shading and available energy in a parabolic trough concentrator field

Solar Energy

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 144-153

  Sharma, V M ^a   Nayak, J K ^a   Kedare, S B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Available energy; Cost of electricity; Orientation; Parabolic trough field; Shading

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE ENERGY; COST OF ELECTRICITY; COST OF ENERGIES; ENERGY AVAILABILITY; ENERGY COLLECTION; LEAST COST; PARABOLIC TROUGH; PARABOLIC TROUGH CONCENTRATORS; SHADING;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SHADING; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84873544641     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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