Coatings for concentrating solar systems - A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 113-122

  Atkinson, Carol ^a   Sansom, Chris L ^a   Almond, Heather J ^a   Shaw, Chris P ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorbers; Coatings; Concentrating; Performance; Receivers; Solar; Solar selective

Indexed keywords

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

ABSORBER; CONCENTRATING; CONCENTRATING SOLAR SYSTEM; COST MAINTENANCE; COST-EFFICIENCY; OPERATING CONDITIONS COMBINATION; PERFORMANCE; RECEIVER; SOLAR; SOLAR SELECTIVE;

COATINGS;

EID: 84922169243     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.01.015     Document Type: Review

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