This study presents a critical review of the major research and development work that has
advanced surface solar absorption technology and also discusses the applications of this …

The solar trackers are devices used to orientate solar concentrating systems in order to
increase the focusing of the solar radiation on a receiver. A solar concentrator with a …

To minimize the experimental effort of assessing biaxial incidence angle characteristics of
solar collectors with complex geometries, current testing standards (EN 12975-2, ASHRAE …

The determination of the accuracy of a solar tracker used in domestic hot water solar
collectors is not yet standardized. However, while using optical concentration devices, it is …

Ray-tracing tools are commonly used to optically characterize solar concentrators, but the
International Standards used to certify collectors for heating do not allow the use of these …

This paper presents a summary of the testing procedure and a validation of the methodology
of parabolic trough collector in solar thermal power plants. The applied testing methodology …

Concentrating solar collectors are mentioned in the International Standards, but the general
testing methods for solar collectors mentioned cannot easily be applied to such unusual …

The Fixed Mirror Solar Concentrator (FMSC) is a solar concentrator with static reflector and
moving receiver whose design emerged in the seventies as an effort to reduce electricity …

We present a null-screen design for testing the shape quality of the reflecting surface of a
parabolic trough solar collector (PTSC). This technique is inexpensive, the whole surface is …

Abstract The Curved Slats Fixed Mirror Solar Concentrator (CSFMSC) is a solar concentrator
with a static reflector and a moving receiver. An optical analysis using ray-tracing tools was …