Optical analysis of a window for solar receivers using the monte carlo ray trace method

ASME 2013 7th Int. Conf. on Energy Sustainability Collocated with the ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conf. and the ASME 2013 11th Int. Conf. on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, ES 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mecit, Ahmet Murat ^a   Miller, Fletcher ^a  

^a AGC Paul S Roel Chair in Construction Engineering and Management   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; DIRECTIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; GAS-PARTICLE SUSPENSIONS; GENERATE ELECTRICITY; INCIDENT RADIATION; INDEX OF REFRACTION; MONTE CARLO RAY-TRACE METHODS; SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIGITAL STORAGE; FUEL CELLS; GAS PLANTS; HEAT TRANSFER; QUARTZ; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL LOAD;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84893020830     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2013-18186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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