Incidence angle effects on circular Gaussian flux density distributions for heliostat imaging

Solar Energy

Volumn 126, Issue , 2016, Pages 156-167

  Landman, Willem A ^a   Grobler, Annemarie ^a   Gauché, Paul ^a   Dinter, Frank ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Central receiver system; Flux distribution; Heliostat; Optics

Indexed keywords

HELIOSTATS (INSTRUMENTS); OPTICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR ENERGY;

CENTRAL RECEIVER SYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL EXPENSE; FLUX DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH INCIDENCE; INCIDENCE ANGLES; NORMAL VECTOR; TRACKING ERRORS;

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GAUSSIAN METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; TRACKING;

EID: 84957892845     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.12.008     Document Type: Article

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