Ray-optics modelling of rectangular and cylindrical 2-layer solar concentrators

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1033-1044

  Colantuono, Giuseppe ^a   Buckley, Alastair ^a   Erdelyi, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION LOSS; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BI-LAYER DEVICES; CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRY; EXTERNAL LAYERS; FINITE THICKNESS; LIGHT INTENSITY; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; OUTER LAYER; PHYSICAL THICKNESS; RAY OPTICS; RECTANGULAR GEOMETRY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CYLINDERS (SHAPES); LUMINESCENCE; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84873455592     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2013.2240375     Document Type: Article

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