Parabolic Trough Solar Concentrator
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Designing a parabolic trough solar concentrator requires specifying: ? the collector aperture, ? the focal length, ? the size of the tube located at focus, ? the degrees out of focus possible before the trough needs to be refocused. This Demonstration w...
Contributed by: Dr. Rolfe A. Leary and Kevin Nimerfro Additional contributions by: Jaebum Jung