Optical evaluation of heliostat mirrors using caustics

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Georgiou, M D ^a   Bonanos, A M ^b   Georgiadis, J G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATING SOLAR; CONVOLUTION METHODS; EFFICIENT COMPUTATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENGINEERING ANALYSIS; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; OPTICAL SUB-SYSTEMS; SOLAR THERMAL POWER GENERATION;

CONVOLUTION; RAY TRACING; SUN;

MIRRORS;

EID: 84887449106     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4826195     Document Type: Article

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