Central tower concentrating solar power (CSP) systems

Concentrating Solar Power Technology: Principles, Developments and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 240-283

  Vant Hull, L L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam down; Beam errors; Concentration optics; Constrained optima; Field layout; Heliostat field; Net energy; Off axis aberrations; Optimization; Receiver flux density; Secondary reflectors; Solar central receiver; Solar power tower; Spillage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902271542     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-84569-769-3.50008-X     Document Type: Chapter

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