Surpassing the 2D limit: A 600x high-concentration PV collector based on a parabolic trough with tracking secondary optics

Energy Procedia

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 285-290

  Cooper, Thomas ^a   Ambrosetti, Gianluca ^b   Pedretti, Andrea ^b   Steinfeld, Aldo ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Airlight Energy Manufacturing SA   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

High concentration photovoltaics; Inflated mirror; Line to point focus concentrator; Parabolic trough

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922285913     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.10.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. M. A. Green, et al., "Solar cell efficiency tables (version 39), " Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 20, 2012, pp. 12-20.
2. R. Bader, et al., "A 9-m-aperture solar parabolic trough concentrator based on a multilayer polymer mirror membrane mounted on a concrete structure, " Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 133, 2011, pp. 0310161-03101612.
3. T. Cooper, et al., "The effect of irradiance mismatch on a semi-dense array of triple-junction concentrator cells, " Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, 116, 2013, pp. 238-251.
4. th International Conference on Energy Sustainability (ES2010), Phoenix, AZ, 2010.