Thermodynamic efficiency of nonimaging concentrators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7423, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Shatz, Narkis ^a   Bortz, John ^a   Winston, Roland ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

concentrators; tendue; entropy; Fermat's principle; nonimaging optics; photovoltaics; thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATING PV; CONCENTRATORS; FABRICATION ERRORS; FERMAT'S PRINCIPLE; GOLD STANDARDS; INADEQUATE DESIGN; LOSS MECHANISMS; NON-IMAGING; NONIMAGING OPTICS; OPTICAL THERMODYNAMICS; PERFORMANCE METRICES; PHASE SPACES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SECOND LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS; SOLAR POWER; THERMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESIGN; ENTROPY; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77957844169     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.824195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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