Operational performance of the university of minnesota 45 kWe high-flux solar simulator

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Krueger, Katherine R ^a   Lipiński, Wojciech ^a   Davidson, Jane H ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE FLUX; FOCAL PLANE; HIGH FLUX; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; RADIATIVE POWER; SOLAR SIMULATOR; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 84888115689     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023595     Document Type: Article

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