High-efficiency concentrated optical module

Energy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 593-603

  Lee, Chung Jui ^a   Lin, Jen Fin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fabrication; High precision; Optical module; Photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION; PRECISION ENGINEERING;

CHIP SURFACES; FRESNEL; HIGH-PRECISION; IRRADIANCE DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL MODULES; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; PARABOLIC REFLECTOR; PEAK VALUES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; RAY TRACING SIMULATION; SOFTWARE SIMULATION; TOTAL FLUX;

LENSES;

DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FILM; FLUX MEASUREMENT; IRRADIANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PRECISION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84864370365     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.05.038     Document Type: Article

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