Solar concentrator designs which employ deployable hexagonal panels are being developed for space power systems. An offset optical configuration has been developed which offers significant system level advantages over previously proposed collector designs for space applications. Optical analyses have been performed which show offset reflector intercept factors to be only slightly lower than those for symmetric reflectors with the same slope error. Fluxes on the receiver walls are asymmetric but manageable by varying the tilt angle of the receiver. Greater producibility is achieved by subdividing the hexagonal panels into triangular mirror facets of spherical contour. Optical analysis has been performed upon these to yield near-optimum sizes and radii.


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    Title :

    Optimization of spherical facets for parabolic solar concentrators


    Additional title:

    Optimierung sphaerischer Flaechenteile fuer parabolische Sonnenlichtkonzentratoren


    Contributors:
    White, J.E. (author) / Erikson, R.J. (author) / Sturgis, J.D. (author) / Elfe, T.B. (author)


    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    5 Seiten, 9 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 8 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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