Optical design of an aspherical cylinder-type reflecting solar concentrator

Energy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 751-758

  Qin, Hua ^a   Lei, Chengxin ^a   Liu, Hanfa ^a   Wang, Yong ^a   Yuan, Wenfeng ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aspheric cylindrical surface; Linear focus; Optimization of polynomial coefficients; Ray tracing; Solar concentrating mirror

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); LIGHT SOURCES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); RAY TRACING;

CYLINDRICAL SURFACE; DIRECTION VECTOR; FOCUSING EFFECT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LAW OF REFLECTIONS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; POLYNOMIAL COEFFICIENTS; REFLECTIVE SURFACES;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

COMPRESSION; CYLINDER; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84880702117     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.05.059     Document Type: Article

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