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 collaborative distributed sun-tracking control system for a novel Fixed
Mirror Solar Concentrator (FMSC) structure, which increases the energy-conversion …

Solar thermal energy is able to provide a considerable fraction of the medium-temperature
energy demand and should be more widely used in specific industrial sectors in 100–250° C …

Solar thermal applications for industries must be designed to operate at high temperature
levels; however, the thermal dependency of the accuracy of the incidence angle modifier …

Received: 20 Febraury 2018 Accepted: 5 September 2018 In this paper, a solar air heater
collector is developed and investigated. A concentrating feature of Linear Fresnel Reflector …

The set of optical models that is implemented in ray-tracing software determines the
accuracy of its output. A sensitivity analysis was carried out using a powerful in-house …

Según varios estudios, la capacidad instalada de captadores solares térmicos para proveer
calor en procesos industriales se va a incrementar significativamente a lo largo de las …