Issues with beam-down concepts

Energy Procedia

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 257-264

  Vant Hull, L ^a  

^a Department of Phusics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Beam divergence; Beam down; Central receivers

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER;

AIM POINT; BEAM DIVERGENCE; BEAM DOWNS; CENTRAL RECEIVER SYSTEM; CENTRAL RECEIVERS; HELIOSTAT FIELD;

REFLECTION;

EID: 84902294195     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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