A coherent integration of design choices for advancing in solar thermal power

Solar Energy

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 474-485

  Martinez Val, José M ^a   Rubbia, Carlo ^b   Sait, Hani H ^c   Abbas, Ruben ^a   Muñoz Antón, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES   (Germany)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Fresnel mirrors; Modular structure; Solar thermal

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHAINS; HEAT TRANSFER; INVESTMENTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING;

COHERENT INTEGRATION; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; FRESNEL MIRRORS; LINEAR FRESNEL REFLECTOR (LFR); MODULAR STRUCTURES; OPTIMUM OPERATING CONDITIONS; RADIATION CONCENTRATION; SOLAR THERMAL;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCRETE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN METHOD; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FOSSIL FUEL; GLASS; HEAT TRANSFER; INSTRUMENTATION; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84937882970     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.06.016     Document Type: Article

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