Performance comparison of solar parabolic trough system with glass and film reflector

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 581-590

  Xu, Qian ^a   Li, Longlong ^a   Li, Huairui ^a   Huang, Weidong ^a   Li, Yongping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Error transfer models; Net energy; Optical efficiency; Optical performance; Parabolic trough solar system

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUBES; ERRORS; GLASS; MIRRORS; REFLECTION;

NET ENERGY; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PARABOLIC TROUGH; TRANSFER MODELS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84904989104     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.05.042     Document Type: Article

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