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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Competition and Industrial Concentration -- 1. Concentration and Economic Theory -- a. …”

“…This report assesses the relation between women’s employment in those occupations where they are most concentrated and their relative level of pay. The analysis is applied to seven countries - Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States - over a period covering the past ten to fifteen years. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Advances in Concentrating Solar Thermal Research and Technology -- Related titles -- Advances in Concentrating Solar Thermal Research and Technology -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Editors' biographies -- Acknowledgment -- 1 - Introduction -- 1 - Introduction to concentrating solar thermal (CST) technologies -- 1.1 The sun as an energy source -- 1.2 Defining characteristics of CST technologies -- 1.3 Thermal efficiency and the need for concentration -- 1.4 Limits of concentration -- 1.5 Optimum operating temperature to maximize light-to-work conversion efficiency -- 1.6 Main commercially available solar concentrating technologies -- 1.6.1 Line focus solar concentrators -- 1.6.1.1 Parabolic trough -- 1.6.1.2 Linear Fresnel -- 1.6.2 Point-focus solar concentrators -- 1.6.2.1 Parabolic dish -- 1.6.2.2 Heliostat field-central receiver -- 1.7 Industry and market trends -- 1.7.1 Solar thermal electricity -- 1.7.2 Industrial process heat -- 1.7.3 Solar chemistry and material processing -- 1.8 Research priorities, strategies, and trends -- References -- 2 - Advances in the collection and concentration of sunlight -- 2 - Advanced mirror concepts for concentrating solar thermal systems -- Nomenclature -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Anti-soiling coatings -- 2.3 High-reflective mirror materials -- 2.4 High-temperature mirrors for secondary concentrators -- 2.5 Low-cost mirrors based on stainless steel -- 2.6 Conclusions -- References -- 3 - Improved design for linear Fresnel reflector systems -- 3.1 Introduction (motivation)1 -- 3.1.1 Low energy cost -- 3.1.2 Concentration -- 3.1.3 Etendue -- 3.1.4 CAP Concentration acceptance product [7] -- 3.1.5 Summary: one recipe for low-cost energy delivery -- 3.2 Advanced linear Fresnel reflector concentrators -- 3.2.1 Conventional LFR -- 3.2.2 Advanced concepts…”

“…The Performance of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Systems: Analysis, Measurement, and Assessment offers a unique overview of the information on the state-of-the-art of analysis, measurement, and assessment of the performance of concentrated solar power (CSP) components and systems in a comprehensive, compact, and complete manner. …”