Solar optical codes evaluation for modeling and analyzing complex solar receiver geometries

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9191, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yellowhair, Julius ^a   Ortega, Jesus D ^a   Christian, Joshua M ^a   Ho, Clifford K ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar power; receiver; solar collector; solar concentrator; solar thermal

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; GEOMETRY; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; RECEIVERS (CONTAINERS); SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING;

COMPUTATION SPEED; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; DISCRETE RADIATION; IRRADIANCE PROFILES; RAY-TRACING METHOD; SOLAR TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR THERMAL;

RAY TRACING;

EID: 84922641371     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2062926     Document Type: Conference Paper

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