Improvement in spiral heliostat field layout thermo-economic performance by field zoning implementation

ASME 2016 10th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2016, collocated with the ASME 2016 Power Conference and the ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Saghafifar, Mohammad ^a   Gadalla, Mohamed ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Concentrated solar power; Economic analysis; Heliostat field collector; Thermo economic optimization

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CELL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FUEL STORAGE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HYDROGEN STORAGE; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMOANALYSIS; WIND POWER; ZONING;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; DESIGN VARIABLES; HELIOSTAT FIELD; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; STAGGERED CONFIGURATION; THERMO-ECONOMIC; THERMOECONOMIC ANALYSIS; THERMOECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 85002262325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2016-59298     Document Type: Conference Paper

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