Optical characterization of nonimaging dish concentrator for the application of dense-array concentrator photovoltaic system

Applied Optics

Volumn , Issue 3, 2014, Pages 475-486

  Tan, Ming Hui ^a   Chong, Kok Keong ^a   Wong, Chee Woon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

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Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; DISH CONCENTRATOR; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; OPTIMIZED DESIGNS; SOLAR CONCENTRATION;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 84942369569     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.53.000475     Document Type: Article

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