Radiance/Pmap simulation of a novel lens-walled compound parabolic concentrator (lens-walled CPC)

Energy Procedia

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages 572-577

  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

Acceptance angle; CPC; Lens walled; Optical efficiency; Radiance pmap simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE ANGLE; CPC; LENS-WALLED; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; RADIANCE/PMAP SIMULATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MIRRORS;

LENSES;

EID: 84863377790     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.12.977     Document Type: Conference Paper

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