Experiment and simulation study on the flux distribution of lens-walled compound parabolic concentrator compared with mirror compound parabolic concentrator

Energy

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 398-403

  Guiqiang, Li ^a,b   Gang, Pei ^a,b   Yuehong, Su ^b   Jie, Ji ^a   Riffat, Saffa B ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flux distribution; Half acceptance angle; Lens walled CPC; Mirror CPC

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; GEOMETRICAL CONCENTRATION RATIO; HALF ACCEPTANCE ANGLES; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LENS-WALLED CPC; SIMULATION STUDIES; SOFTWARE SIMULATION;

MIRRORS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84881110183     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.06.027     Document Type: Article

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