Optical characterization of nonimaging planar concentrator for the application in concentrator photovoltaic system

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 0110111-0110119

  Chong, K K ^a   Wong, C W ^a   Siaw, F L ^a   Yew, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Concentrator photovoltaic; Flux distribution; Nonimaging; Ray tracing; Solar concentrator; Uniform illumination

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; DESIGN PARAMETERS; FACET MIRRORS; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; NON-IMAGING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PLANAR CONCENTRATORS; SUN-TRACKING; UNIFORM ILLUMINATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

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EID: 77955191722     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000355     Document Type: Article

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