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Optical analysis of point focus parabolic radiation concentrators
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In this paper, a simple formalism is developed for analyzing the optical performance of point focus parabolic radiation concentrators, where an angular acceptance function is defined as that fraction of a beam of parallel radiation incident on the aperture that would reach the receiver if the optics were perfect.Abstract:
A simple formalism is developed for analyzing the optical performance of point focus parabolic radiation concentrators. To account for off-axis aberrations of the parabola, an angular acceptance function is defined as that fraction of a beam of parallel radiation incident on the aperture that would reach the receiver if the optics were perfect. The radiation intercepted by the receiver of a real concentrator is obtained as a convolution of angular acceptance function, of optical error distribution, and of angular brightness distribution of the radiation source. For numerical calculations this method is more accurate and less time-consuming than the ray-tracing method.read more
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