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Design of a null-screen for characterizing a parabolic trough solar concentrator

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Abstract

We present a null-screen design for testing the shape of the reflecting surface of a Parabolic Trough Solar Collector by considering the caustic associated with the reflected, this allows determinate the null-screen dimensions.

© 2014 Optical Society of America

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