Miniaturization of Fresnel lenses for solar concentration: A quantitative investigation

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2339-2346

  Duerr, Fabian ^a   Meuret, Youri ^a   Thienpont, Hugo ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LENSES; MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; RAY TRACING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

A-PLANE; FRESNEL LENS; NON-IMAGING OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; QUANTITATIVE INVESTIGATION; SOLAR CONCENTRATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77955682759     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.002339     Document Type: Article

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