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Aspects of Solar Power Plant Engineering

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Having presented physical and optical properties of the solax resource in Chaps. 2 and 3, principles, concepts and terminology relevant for solar power plant (SPP) systems will now be addressed.

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  1. Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, D-7000, Stuttgart 80, Germany

    W. Grasse & C.-J. Winter

  2. Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Linder Höhe, D-5000, Köln 90, Germany

    H. P. Hertlein

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  1. Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, W-7000, Stuttgart 80, Germany

    C.-J. Winter

  2. Sektion Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Amalienstraße 54, W-8000, München 40, Germany

    Rudolf L. Sizmann

  3. Energy Laboratory, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX, 77004, USA

    Lorin L. Vant-Hull (Prof. of Physics) (Prof. of Physics)

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Grasse, W., Hertlein, H.P., Winter, CJ. (1991). Aspects of Solar Power Plant Engineering. In: Winter, CJ., Sizmann, R.L., Vant-Hull, L.L. (eds) Solar Power Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61245-9_4

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