SOLAR-THERMAL POWER GENERATION

Annual Review of Heat Transfer

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-92

  Karni, Jacob ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RANKINE CYCLE; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; TURBINES;

CONCENTRATING SOLAR; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; LEVELIZED ENERGY COSTS; LINE-FOCUS; MICROTURBINES; ON-AXIS; SOLAR THERMAL; SOLAR THERMAL POWER GENERATION; SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY;

BRAYTON CYCLE;

EID: 84937805046     PISSN: 10490787     EISSN: 23750294     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1615/AnnualRevHeatTransfer.2012004925     Document Type: Chapter

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