Line-focus concentrating solar collectors

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6407015

Leonard, J. A.; Dugan, V. L.

An overview of the line-focus concentrating solar collector technology and applications is presented. Included are a description of the collectors, some of the key features of the engineering approach, instantaneous and all-day performance and operating data, temperature capabilities and limitations for selected collectors, projected future capabilities for peak and annual performance. Projected system capital costs and annualized life cycle costs for thermal energy produced are discussed. Several existing application projects which employ line concentrating collectors are reviewed, and finally, plans for future DOE-funded line concentrating collector projects are described.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6407015
• Report Number(s): SAND-80-2394C; CONF-810802-1
• Resource Relation: Conference: Conference on new and renewable energy sources, Nairobi, Kenya, Aug 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS
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LIFE-CYCLE COST
PLANNING
REVIEWS
CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS
DOCUMENT TYPES
EQUIPMENT
PARABOLIC COLLECTORS
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SOLAR EQUIPMENT
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