Optical, geometric and thermal study for solar parabolic concentrator efficiency improvement under Tunisia environment: A case study

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 366-373

  Skouri, Safa ^a   Ben Salah, Mohieddine ^a   Bouadila, Salwa ^a   Balghouthi, Moncef ^a   Ben Nasrallah, Sassi ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF ENERGY   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Mean concentration factor and reflector; Optical study; Photogrammetry; Solar angles; Tracking system

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; GEOMETRIC DEFORMATIONS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; OPTICAL STUDY; RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION; SOLAR ANGLE; SOLAR PARABOLIC CONCENTRATORS; TRACKING SYSTEM;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFICIENCY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REFLECTION; TRACKING (POSITION);

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84880816529     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.06.022     Document Type: Article

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