Non-imaging concentrating reflectors designed for solar concentration systems

Solar Energy

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 494-501

  Zhou, Zheng ^a   Cheng, Qiang ^a   Li, Pingping ^a   Zhou, Huaichun ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Flux map uniformity; Non imaging reflector; Ray tracing technique; Solar concentration

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

CONCENTRATING SOLAR; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; FLUX MAPS; GEOMETRICAL CONCENTRATION RATIO; NON-IMAGING; RADIATION FLUXES; RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUE; SOLAR CONCENTRATION;

REFLECTION;

DIAMETER; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; REFLECTANCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84896475836     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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