A generalized technique for the optical design of solar concentrators has been developed. The design technique considers limb darkening effects, collector placement errors, concentrator optical errors and concentrator pointing errors. In addition to giving the designer the ability to explore the sensitivity of a design to the above parameters, the technique also allows the designer to prescibe the heating distribution on the collector surface. A detailed derivation of the design technique and illustrative results are presented. (DePo)
Optical design of solar concentrators
Optische Entwurfskriterien fuer Sonnenkollektoren
AIAA-Papers ; 1-8
1978
8 Seiten, 13 Bilder, 18 Quellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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