The world's insatiable consumption of energy must be met with new technologies that offer alternative, environmentally conscious sources of light and power. The relatively young field …
X Meng, X Xia, C Sun, G Dai - Solar Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
The optimal design of a symmetrical two-stage flat reflected concentrator (STFC) was investigated. It is composed of two symmetrical off-axis concentrators and inclined flat …
M Hernández, A Cvetkovic, P Benítez… - … Optics and Efficient …, 2008 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A new free-form XR Kohler concentrator is presented that combines high geometric concentration, high acceptance angle and high irradiance uniformity on the solar cell. This is …
A new type of convex Fresnel lens for linear photovoltaic concentration systems is presented. The lens designed with this method reaches 100% of geometrical optical …
One example of a solar voltaic concentrator has a primary Fresnel lens with multiple panels, each of which forms a Köhler integrator with a respective panel of a lenticular secondary …
Y Chen, YY Allen - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2011 - Elsevier
Concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) power is a form of clean and renewable energy. However, the cost of harvesting solar energy is still economically prohibitive as compared to …
A vector based freeform approach is proposed for the geometrical reverse design of reflecting solar concentrators. The effect of solar cone angle of incident vectors is taken into …
O Dross, R Mohedano, M Hernández… - Illumination …, 2008 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Köhler illumination concept was originally invented to achieve uniform illumination in microscopy 1. Köhler integrators can also be formed by arrays of lenticulations that can be …