Design of dome-shaped non-imaging Fresnel lenses taking chromatic aberration into account

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 877-885

  Akisawa, Atsushi ^a   Hiramatsu, Masao ^b   Ozaki, Kouki ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Daido Metal Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatic aberration; Concentration photovoltaic system; Dome shape; Non imaging Fresnel lens; Optical efficiency

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE HALF ANGLE; CHROMATIC ABERRATION; CONCENTRATION RATIO; CONVENTIONAL DESIGN METHODS; DESIGN WAVE; FRESNEL LENS; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INCIDENT ANGLES; NEW DESIGN; NON-IMAGING; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; PV SYSTEM; RAY TRACING SIMULATION; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; SOLAR SPECTRUM;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESIGN; DOMES; EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PRISMS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ABERRATIONS;

DOME; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 84856688250     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.12.017     Document Type: Article

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