Development of an analytical optical method for linear fresnel collectors

Solar Energy

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 240-252

  Zhu, Guangdong ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar power; Incidence angle modifier; Intercept factor; Linear Fresnel collector; Non imaging optics; Solar thermal

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; INCIDENCE ANGLES; INTERCEPT FACTORS; LINEAR FRESNEL COLLECTORS (LFC); NON-IMAGING OPTICS; SOLAR THERMAL;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOLAR ENERGY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84879250831     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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