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Optical and thermal properties of Compound Parabolic Concentrators
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In this article, a simple analytic technique for calculating the average number of reflections for radiation passing through a compound parabolic concentration (CPC) is developed; this is useful for computing optical losses.About:
This article is published in Solar Energy.The article was published on 1976-01-01. It has received 307 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Solar energy.read more
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Solar thermal collectors and applications
TL;DR: A survey of the various types of solar thermal collectors and applications is presented in this paper, where an analysis of the environmental problems related to the use of conventional sources of energy is presented and the benefits offered by renewable energy systems are outlined.
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Enhancing the performance of building integrated photovoltaics
Brian Norton,Philip C. Eames,Tapas K. Mallick,Ming Jun Huang,Sarah McCormack,Jayanta Deb Mondol,Y.G. Yohanis +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a review of recent research in Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) is presented with the emphases on a range of key systems whose improvement would be likely to lead to improved solar energy conversion efficiency and/or economic viability.
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History, current state, and future of linear Fresnel concentrating solar collectors
TL;DR: The past low- and intermediate-temperature applications of linear Fresnel collectors are reviewed and their state-of-the-art applications in utility-scale electricity generation are presented.
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Performance analysis of a double-pass photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar collector with CPC and fins
TL;DR: In this paper, a double-pass photovoltaic-thermal solar air collector with compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) and fin attached to the back side of the absorber plate was designed and evaluated.
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The design and experimental characterisation of an asymmetric compound parabolic photovoltaic concentrator for building façade integration in the UK
TL;DR: In this paper, a novel non-imaging asymmetric compound parabolic photovoltaic concentrator (ACPPVC) has been designed, constructed and experimentally characterised at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland (54degrees36'N, 5degrees37'W).
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Comparison of solar concentrators
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared a variety of solar concentrators in terms of their most important general characteristics, namely concentration, acceptance angle, sensitivity to mirror errors, size of reflector area and average number of reflections.
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Principles of solar concentrators of a novel design
TL;DR: The ideal cylindrical light collector (OCL) as mentioned in this paper is a non-imaging collector with an effective relative aperture (f-number) = 0·5, which has a larger acceptance for diffuse light than concentrating collectors using imaging optics.
Principles of heat transfer
TL;DR: In this article, Kreith, Manglik, and Bohn present relevant and stimulating content in this fresh and comprehensive approach to heat transfer, acknowledging that in today's world classical mathematical solutions to Heat Transfer problems are often less influential than computational analysis.
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Light Collection within the Framework of Geometrical Optics
TL;DR: In this article, the problem of light collection is examined from first principles within the framework of geometrical optics, and a generalization of the Abbe sine law appropriate to non-imaging systems is presented.
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Principles of cylindrical concentrators for solar energy
Roland Winston,H. Hinterberger +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a principle for maximally concentrating radiation onto a tube receiver of general shape, and give a general prescription for designing concentrators appropriate to such tube receivers.