Optical performance of solar reflective concentrators: A simple method for optical assessment

Renewable Energy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 120-129

  Chemisana, D ^a   Barrau, J ^a   Rosell, J I ^a   Abdel Mesih, B ^b   Souliotis, M ^c   Badia, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b BRITISH UNIVERSITY IN EGYPT   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fresnel reflector; Optical assessment; Optical quality; Solar concentration

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND TESTS; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; FRESNEL; FRESNEL REFLECTORS; NON-UNIFORM ILLUMINATION; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; OPTICAL ASSESSMENT; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; OPTICAL QUALITIES; REFLECTION METHODS; SIMPLE METHOD; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; SUM OF SQUARES; TWO-AXIS; VALIDATION MEASUREMENTS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MIRRORS; REFLECTION; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

ABSORPTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; REFLECTIVITY;

EID: 84874399853     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.01.037     Document Type: Article

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