A novel lens-walled compound parabolic concentrator for photovoltaic applications

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Su, Yuehong ^a   Pei, Gang ^a,b   Riffat, Saffa B ^a   Huang, Hulin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

concentration ratio; CPC; half acceptance angle; lens walled; optical efficiency

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION RATIO; CPC; HALF ACCEPTANCE ANGLE; LENS-WALLED; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFICIENCY; MIRRORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SUN;

LENSES;

EID: 84863338098     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4005757     Document Type: Article

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