Design, construction and measurement of a Dielectric-Single Mirror Two Stage (DSMTS) photovoltaic concentrator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4446, Issue , 2001, Pages 20-31

  Mohedano, Ruben ^a   Benítez, Pablo ^a   Miñano, Juan C ^a   Bercero, Francisco ^a   Lobato, Pablo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elastic curve; Mechanics; Nonimaging optics; Photovoltaic concentrator

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SHEET; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DRILLING; ELASTICITY; GEOMETRY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RAY TRACING;

NONIMAGING OPTICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONCENTRATORS;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 0035760218     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.448827     Document Type: Conference Paper

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