On characterization and measurement of average solar field mirror reflectance in utility-scale concentrating solar power plants

Solar Energy

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 185-202

  Zhu, Guangdong ^a   Kearney, David ^b   Mehos, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Kearney and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar power; Measurement uncertainties; Parabolic trough; Specular reflectance

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE MEASUREMENT; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER PLANT; INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PARABOLIC TROUGH; SPECULAR REFLECTANCE;

ACCEPTANCE TESTS; MIRRORS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL TESTING;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL METHOD; POWER PLANT; REFLECTANCE; SOLAR POWER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890285131     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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