Optical Analysis and Optimization of Line Focus Solar Collectors

doi:10.2172/900712

Optical Analysis and Optimization of Line Focus Solar Collectors

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Abstract

This paper describes a macroscopic approach that yields all the parameters needed for the optical design of line focus parabolic troughs in closed analytical form, requiring only minimal computation.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	75
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2172/900712
State	Published - 1979

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NREL/TR-34-92

Keywords

concentrator configuration
geometric concentration ratio
heat losses
net power output
optical errors
solar concentrators

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