Availability of direct, total, and diffuse solar radiation to fixed and tracking collectors in the USA

by Albuquerque Sandia Laboratories, NM

Technical Report, 1977

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CSP Unique ID 190709011

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Electronic Resource

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Publication

SAND Report: SAND77-0885, August 1977.

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Library's review

ABSTRACT:
The recent efforts to use solar energy to meet some of the nation's energy needs have resulted in a strong interest in assessing the magnitude and distribution of this resource. For quite a long time it has been widely believed that only in the high desert regions of the Southwest is there
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sufficient direct beam solar radiation to allow the economic use of concentrating collectors. Generally, it was felt that in most parts of the country only flat plate solar collectors would be practical because they can capture the diffuse radiation as well as the direct.
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