Pressurized paraboloidal solar concentrator has high concentration ratio and is easy to maintain. Gas pressure forces reflecting film into contact with paraboloidal substrate. Reflective surface, which is low-cost metalized polymer film, can be quickly and easily replaced making new design less expensive to produce.
Pressurized Paraboloidal Solar Concentrator
NASA Tech Briefs ; 6 , 4
1982-12-01
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English
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