Selecting a proper design period for heliostat field layout optimization using Campo code

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9937, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Saghafifar, Mohammad ^a   Gadalla, Mohamed ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Campo heliostat field optimization; Concentrated solar power; Heliostat Field collector; Thermo economic optimization

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; MIRRORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

APPROPRIATE DESIGNS; CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; DESIGN VARIABLES; HELIOSTAT FIELD; LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION; THERMOECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION; TIME AVERAGES; TIME-AVERAGE METHOD;

DESIGN;

EID: 85007038164     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2238507     Document Type: Conference Paper

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