Optimal heliostat aiming strategy for uniform distribution of heat flux on the receiver of a solar power tower plant

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 234-243

  Besarati, Saeb M ^a   Yogi Goswami, D ^a   Stefanakos, Elias K ^a  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Flux distribution; Genetic algorithm; Optimization; Solar power tower

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

FLUX DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; SOLAR POWER TOWER; SOLAR POWER TOWER PLANTS; STANDARD DEVIATION; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84899823494     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.04.030     Document Type: Article

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