Damien Buie

TL;DR: The circumsolar ratio (CSR) as discussed by the authors is defined as the ratio of the amount of energy contained in the aureole to the total amount of direct energy arriving from the sun, and is a useful parameter for characterising individual sunshapes.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors define a virtual solar cone, whose principle axis is aligned with the solar vector, having a radial angular displacement containing a pre-defined proportion of the terrestrial solar radiation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present results illustrating trends in observed solar profiles that are invariant to changes in location that lay the framework to a definitive solar model and show how using this information, a more complete understanding of the effect of a change in the spatial energy distributions of the sun can have on the size of the solar energy distribution in the absorber plane of a (linear Fresnel) concentrating collector.

TL;DR: In this paper, a radially variable interference filter is proposed that can maintain acceptable efficiency over its entire surface in solar concentrating systems with a wide field of view, by applying ray tracing methods and a mapping technique, the angle at which the greatest proportion of energy is incident can be determined at a function of position on the filter surface.

TL;DR: A solar cell receiver for use in a concentrating solar system which concentrates the solar energy onto a solar cell for converting solar energy to electricity is described in this paper, where the solar cell is mounted on a support and with one or more III-V compound semiconductor layers.