Linear concentrating solar collectors: current technology and applications

Conference · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:6742881

Leonard, J A

Linear concentrating collector technology is surveyed. Included are fundamentals of the technology; descriptions of collectors with particular emphasis on the types tested at the DOE/Sandia Midtemperature Solar Systems Test Facility (MSSTF); performance test results; problems identified through operating experience; cost projections; and a discussion of applications of linear concentrating and midtemperature solar collectors.

• Research Organization: Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-04-0789
• OSTI ID: 6742881
• Report Number(s): SAND-78-0949C; CONF-780663-2
• Resource Relation: Conference: SERI concentrator symposium, Denver, CO, USA, 13 Jun 1978; Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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