Reduction of radiative heat losses for solar thermal receivers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9175, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ho, Clifford K ^a   Christian, Joshua M ^a   Ortega, Jesus D ^a   Yellowhair, Julius ^a   Mosquera, Matthew J ^a   Andraka, Charles E ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

concentrating solar; heat loss; radation; receiver; solar thermal; view factor

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FRACTALS; GEOMETRY; HEAT LOSSES; RECEIVERS (CONTAINERS); SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING;

CONCENTRATED SUNLIGHTS; CONCENTRATING SOLAR; FRACTALLIKE STRUCTURES; HEAT AND ELECTRICITY; LIGHT TRAPPING STRUCTURES; RADATION; SOLAR THERMAL; VIEW FACTOR;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 84937833810     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2063152     Document Type: Conference Paper

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