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001			6812744
003			IEEE
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008			081006s2008 cau fob 000 0 eng d
020			_a1598293311 (electronic bk.)
020			_a9781598293319 (electronic bk.)
024	7		_a10.2200/S00120ED1V01Y200807EGY002 _2doi
035			_a(OCoLC)259796771
035			_a(CaBNVSL)gtp00531477
040			_aCaBNVSL _cCaBNVSL _dCaBNVSL
050		4	_aTJ812 _b.O38 2008
082	0	4	_a621.47/2 _222
100	1		_aO'Gallagher, J. _q(Joseph)
245	1	0	_aNonimaging optics in solar energy _h[electronic resource] / _cJoseph J. O'Gallagher.
260			_aSan Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : _bMorgan & Claypool Publishers, _cc2008.
300			_a1 electronic document (xi, 119 p.) : _bdigital file.
490	1		_aSynthesis lectures on energy and the environment: technology, science, and society ; _v#2
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500			_aPart of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
500			_aSeries from website.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 111-118).
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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.
506	1		_aAbstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.
506	1		_aAccess may be restricted to subscribers.
510	0		_aCompendex
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510	0		_aINSPEC
520	0		_aNonimaging 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.
588			_aTitle from PDF t.p. (viewed on Oct. 10, 2008).
650		0	_aOptics.
650		0	_aSolar collectors.
650		0	_aSolar concentrators.
650		0	_aSolar thermal energy.
690			_aSolar thermal energy.
690			_aPhotovoltaic conversion.
690			_aNonimaging optics.
690			_aOptical concentration.
690			_aHigh temperature.
690			_aThermal energy conversion.
690			_aSecondary concentrator.
690			_aCompound parabolic.
690			_aConcentrator.
690			_aTrumpet concentrator.
730	0		_aSynthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
830		0	_aSynthesis lectures on energy and the environment, technology, science, and society ; _v#2.
856	4	2	_3Abstract with links to resource _uhttp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?bknumber=6812744
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