High-performance Köhler concentrators with uniform irradiance on solar cell

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7059, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hernandez M ^a   Cvetkovic, A ^b   Benitez P ^a,b   Minano J C ^a,b  

^a Centro de Domótica Integral CeDInt   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

High acceptance angle; High efficiency solar concentrator; K hler integrator system; Nonimaging optics

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORMING; INTEGRATION; KETONES; MOLDING; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ACCEPTANCE ANGLES; CONCENTRATION FACTORS; GLASS MOLDINGS; HIGH ACCEPTANCE ANGLE; HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLAR CONCENTRATOR; HIGH POTENTIALS; LOW COSTS; NONIMAGING OPTICS; OPTICAL EFFICIENCIES; OPTICAL ELEMENTS; OPTICAL PERFORMANCES; OPTICAL SURFACES; PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDINGS; PRODUCTION COSTS;

OPTICAL GLASS;

EID: 55549122662     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.794927     Document Type: Conference Paper

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