A review of studies on central receiver solar thermal power plants

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-39

  Behar, Omar ^a   Khellaf, Abdallah ^b   Mohammedi, Kamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOUMERDES   (Algeria)

^b CENTRE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Central receiver system; Concentrating solar power; Heliostat field; Power conversion system; Solar receivers

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL RECEIVER SYSTEM; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; HELIOSTAT FIELD; POWER CONVERSION SYSTEMS; SOLAR RECEIVER;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMOANALYSIS;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 84875525506     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.02.017     Document Type: Review

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