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Methodology for determination of performance characteristics of spectrally selective absorbers

R.O. Whitaker
- 01 Apr 1960 - 
- Vol. 4, Iss: 2, pp 40-45
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A thermoelectric converter for use in space vehicles and using a parabolic cylinder reflector is treated in some detail in this article, where the need for curves giving absorptivity, reflectivity, and transmissivity versus wavelength for the range 2 × 10 −7 to 2 ×10 −5 meters is pointed out.
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This article is published in Solar Energy.The article was published on 1960-04-01. It has received 5 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Emissivity & Selective surface.

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Maximizing concentrated solar power (CSP) plant overall efficiencies by using spectral selective absorbers at optimal operation temperatures

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors performed a comprehensive computational parameter study of operation temperature and optical properties of the absorber and investigated their effect on the overall plant efficiency in dependence of sun light concentration up to C ǫ = 1000 suns.
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Spectral and directional thermal radiation characteristics of selective sufaces for solar collectors

TL;DR: In this article, the spectral radiation characteristics of metallic substrates coated with semiconductor and antireflection layers are considered and the directional spectral reflectances of several surface coatings are presented and evaluated.
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Performance of spectrally selective collector surfaces in a solar-driven carnot space-power system

TL;DR: The performance of spectrally selective collector surfaces in a solar-driven car not space-power system was investigated in this article, where the collector surfaces were constructed using a spectrically selective collector.
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Equilibrium temperatures of ideal spectrally selective surfaces

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors considered the case where the monochromatic emissivity changed abruptly at specific wavelengths and calculated equilibrium temperatures when exposed to both focused and unfocused solar radiation at the earth's orbit distance.
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Thermal conversion of solar radiation theoretical performance of collectors furnished with an absorbent selective surface

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of various parameters such as selectivity, concentration ratio and working temperature on the efficiency of the collector is brought out by means of an idealized model, and an optimised selective surface for each condition of use, either by considering the instantaneous efficiency or by introducing the daily efficiency of an installation.