History, current state, and future of linear Fresnel concentrating solar collectors

Solar Energy

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 639-652

  Zhu, Guangdong ^a   Wendelin, Tim ^a   Wagner, Michael J ^a   Kutscher, Chuck ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar power; Linear Fresnel; Solar thermal

Indexed keywords

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CONCENTRATING SOLAR; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES; LINEAR FRESNEL; LINEAR FRESNEL COLLECTORS (LFC); SOLAR THERMAL; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; LITERATURE REVIEW; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84899108939     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.05.021     Document Type: Article

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