Research Article

Annual Optical Performance of a Solar CPC Photoreactor with Multiple Catalyst Support Configurations by a Multiscale Model

Table 1

Total annual absorbed energy for the different configurations.

ConfigurationAnnual absorbed energy (W·h)

(1) 4 tubes48.4
(2) 5 tubes44.8
(3) 6 tubes47.0
(4) 6-tube-far50.8
(5) 6-tube-near43.1
(6) 6-tube-rot 44.0