Transmission performances of solar windows exposed to concentrated sunlight

Solar Energy

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-133

  Dai, Gui Long ^a   Xia, Xin Lin ^b   Hou, Gen Fu ^a  

^a FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Concentrated sunlight; MCRTM; Solar window; Transmission performance

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; CONCENTRATED SUNLIGHTS; MCRTM; RAY-TRACING METHOD; SAPPHIRE WINDOWS; TRACKING ERRORS; TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE; WINDOW MATERIALS;

ERRORS; GLASS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUARTZ; RAY TRACING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SAPPHIRE;

ABSORPTION; LIGHT EFFECT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUARTZ; REFRACTION; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 84896805290     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.01.036     Document Type: Article

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