Institute of Technical Thermodynamics / Fraunhofer Institute / Institute of Technical Thermodynamics-Solar Research / /
IndustryTerm
electricity / construction site / trough technology / energy-plug passes / inch steel tube / solar collector systems / metal glass sealing / vacuum technology / /
Organization
Institute of Technical Thermodynamics-Solar Research / Institute of Technical Thermodynamics / Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems / German Aerospace Center / /
Person
Max Mertins / Andreas Häberle / Ai / Christian Zahler / Christof Wittwer / Franz Trieb / /
Position
collector / Fresnel collector / Parabolic trough collector / line focussing Fresnel collector / Solarmundo System Layout Rated Power Power Block Efficiency Collector / linear Fresnel-collector / controller / prototype collector / /
Product
Fresnel / /
ProvinceOrState
California / /
Technology
radiation / Thermodynamics / vacuum technology / Solar trough technology / fluid dynamics / heat transfer / simulation / estimated using computational fluid dynamics / /
The Solarmundo line focussing Fresnel collector. Optical and thermal performance and cost calculations. Andreas Häberle a, Christian Zahler a, Hansjörg Lerchenmüller b, Max Mertins b, Christof Wittwer b, Franz Trieb c