Optical Analysis and Optimization of Line Focus Solar Collectors [electronic resource].
Published
Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1979. Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
This paper describes a macroscopic approach that yields all the parameters needed for the optical design of line focus parabolic troughs in closed analytical form, requiring only minimal computation.