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Kevin O'connor
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Citations - 76
Kevin O'connor is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Substrate (printing) & Reflector (antenna). The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 76 citations.
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Parabolic trough or dish reflector for use in concentrating solar power apparatus and method of making same
Kevin O'connor,Wang Yei-Ping,Duane O. Recker,Robert A. Vandal,Shane Hadfield,Jean-Marc Sol,Greg Brecht +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a reflector is made by forming a reflective coating on a thin substantially flat glass substrate (the thin glass substrate may or may not be pre-bent prior to the coating being applied thereto), and if the glass substrate in (a) was not prebent, then cold-bending the glass substrates with the reflective coating thereon; and (b) applying a plate or frame member to the thin bent glass substrate with the coating from (a), and/or (b), the plate/frame member (which may be another thicker prebent glass sheet,