Evaluation of solar optical modeling tools for modeling complex receiver geometries

ASME 2014 8th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2014 Collocated with the ASME 2014 12th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yellowhair, Julius ^a   Christian, Joshua M ^a   Ho, Clifford K ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ENGINEERING; RAY TRACING;

COMPUTATION SPEED; FLUX PROFILES; HELIOSTAT FIELD; MODEL COMPLEXES; OPTICAL MODELING; RAY-TRACING METHOD; SOLAR TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR THERMAL;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84912103663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2014-6620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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