CPV and illumination systems based on XR-Köhler devices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7785, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hernandez, Maikel ^a   Cvetkovic, Aleksandra ^a   Benitez, Pablo ^a,b   Miñano, Juan Carlos ^a,b   Falicoff, Waqidi ^c   Sun, Yupin ^c   Chaves, Julio ^a   Mohedano, Ruben ^a  

^a Centro de Domótica Integral CeDInt   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c LPI LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrator; Free form; Nonimaging; Photovoltaic; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE ANGLE; CELL OPERATION; CONCENTRATOR; EXTREME CONDITIONS; FREE-FORM; FREEFORM DESIGN; HIGH CONCENTRATION; ILLUMINATION SYSTEM; MULTI-CHIP; NON-IMAGING; NON-UNIFORM LUMINANCE; PASSIVE COOLING; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SIMULATED RESULTS; TILT ANGLE; WIND SPEED;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESIGN; LIGHT SOURCES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 77957994144     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.861968     Document Type: Conference Paper

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