Variation of reflected radiation from all reflectors of a flat plate solar collector during a year

Energy

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 75-84

  Pavlović, Zoran T ^a   Kostić, Ljiljana T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Flat plate reflectors; Optimal angle; Solar collector; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

FLAT PLATE REFLECTOR; FLAT-PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS; INCLINATION ANGLES; OPTIMAL ANGLE; OPTIMUM TILT ANGLES; TILT ANGLE;

REFLECTION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; EXPERIMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; TILT;

EID: 84921435288     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.11.044     Document Type: Article

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