Design and fabrication of a dielectric total internal reflecting solar concentrator and associated flux extractor for extremely high temperature (2500K) applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3139, Issue , 1997, Pages 237-249

  Soules, Jack A ^a   Buchele, Donald R ^b   Castle, Charles H ^a   Macosko, Robert P ^a  

^a ANALEX CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ADF Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric solar concentrators; High temperature coatings; High temperature optical crystals; Nonimaging solar concentrators; Secondary concentrators; Solar concentrators; Solar flux extractors; Solar flux tailoring; Solar power; Solar thermal power

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALS; DESIGN; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; LIGHT; NASA; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SPACE FLIGHT;

DIELECTRIC SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE COATINGS; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPTICAL CRYSTALS; NONIMAGING SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SECONDARY CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR FLUX EXTRACTORS; SOLAR FLUX TAILORING; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR THERMAL POWER;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 0010342646     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.279219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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