The optimal tilt angle of a solar collector

Energy Procedia

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 166-175

  Handoyo, Ekadewi A ^a,b   Ichsani, Djatmiko ^a   Prabowo, ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (Indonesia)

^b PETRA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Angle of incidence of beam radiation; Solar collector; Tilt angle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897050735     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2013.05.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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