Analysis of point-focused, non-imaging Fresnel lenses' concentration profile and manufacture parameters

Renewable Energy

Volumn 85, Issue , 2016, Pages 514-523

  Yeh, Naichia ^a   Yeh, Pulin ^b  

^a MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Facet pitch; Fresnel lens; Peak rounding; Spectrum distribution

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; RAY TRACING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

CONCENTRATION PROFILES; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; FACET PITCH; FRESNEL LENS; ILLUMINATION PATTERNS; MANUFACTURE PARAMETERS; PEAK ROUNDING; SPECTRUM DISTRIBUTION;

LENSES;

EQUIPMENT; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAY TRACING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR SYSTEM; VISIBLE SPECTRUM; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84938336640     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.06.057     Document Type: Article

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