Nonimaging optics in solar energy
By: O'Gallagher, J. (Joseph).
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BookSeries: Synthesis lectures on energy and the environment, technology, science, and society: #2.Publisher: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2008Description: 1 electronic document (xi, 119 p.) : digital file.ISBN: 1598293311 (electronic bk.); 9781598293319 (electronic bk.).Uniform titles: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science. Subject(s): Optics | Solar collectors | Solar concentrators | Solar thermal energy | Solar thermal energy | Photovoltaic conversion | Nonimaging optics | Optical concentration | High temperature | Thermal energy conversion | Secondary concentrator | Compound parabolic | Concentrator | Trumpet concentratorDDC classification: 621.47/2 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-118).
Introduction -- CPCS -- Practical design of CPC thermal collectors -- Practical design of CPC PV concentrators -- Two-stage non-imaging concentrators for solar thermal applications -- Two-stage non-imaging concentrators for solar PV applications -- Selected demonstrations of non-imaging concentrator performance -- The importance of economic factors in effective solar concentrator design -- Ultra-high concentration -- Bibliography.
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Nonimaging optics is a subdiscipline of optics whose development over the last 35-40 years was led by scientists from the University of Chicago and other cooperating individuals and institutions. The approach provides a formalism that allows the design of optical devices that approach the maximum physically attainable geometric concentration for a given set of optical tolerances. This means that it has the potential to revolutionize the design of solar concentrators. In this monograph, the basic practical applications of the techniques of nonimaging optics to solar energy collection and concentration are developed and explained. The formalism for designing a wide variety of concentrator types, such as the compound parabolic concentrator and its many embodiments and variations, is presented. Both advantages and limitations of the approach are reviewed. Practical and economic aspects of concentrator design for both thermal and photovoltaic applications are discussed as well. The whole range of concentrator applications from simple low-concentration nontracking designs to ultrahigh-concentration multistage configurations is covered.
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