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)


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    Title :

    Optical design of solar concentrators


    Additional title:

    Optische Entwurfskriterien fuer Sonnenkollektoren


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    8 Seiten, 13 Bilder, 18 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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