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Charles G. Miller
Researcher at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Publications - 16
Citations - 334
Charles G. Miller is an academic researcher from Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Reflector (antenna) & Solar energy. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 16 publications receiving 334 citations.
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Optical lenses with selective transmissivity functions
TL;DR: An opthalmic spectacle or contact sharp cut-on orange lens that improves visual acuity and substantially reduces eye damage in a bright sunlit environment is described in this article, where the lenses substantially eliminate ultraviolet radiation and blue light shorter than 515 nm.
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Solar energy collection system
TL;DR: In this paper, a fixed, linear, ground-based primary reflector having an extended curved sawtooth-contoured surface covered with a metalized polymeric reflecting material, reflects solar energy to a movably supported collector that is kept at the concentrated line focus of the reflector primary.
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Portable, linear-focused solar thermal energy collecting system
Charles G. Miller,Jens G. Pohl +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a line-focusing device that is effectively a cylindrically curved concentrator within a protected environment formed by a transparent inflatable casing is used for solar heat collection.
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Three-dimensional tracking solar energy concentrator and method for making same
Charles G. Miller,Jens G. Pohl +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a tracking three-dimensional solar energy concentrator is provided by a stretched aluminized polymeric membrane supported by a hoop, the polymeric membranes being formed to a desired curvature by differential loading, the loading can be varied by utilizing a plastic membrane that has a non-uniform radial distribution of thickness with uniform differential pressure or by applying a nonuniform differential pressure on a membrane having uniform thickness.
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Primary reflector for solar energy collection systems
TL;DR: A fixed, linear, ground-based primary reflector having an extended curved sawtooth-contoured surface covered with a metalized polymeric reflecting material, reflects solar energy to a movably supported collector that is kept at the concentrated line focus of the reflector primary.