Effect of Opening Ratio and Operating Temperature on Heat Losses for Cavity Receiver of Solar Concentrator
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In this paper effect of opening ratio and operating temperature on convective and radiative losses from cavity receiver of solar concentrators are presented. Convective and radiative
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