TY - JOUR
T1 - Light tracing analysis of a new kind of trough solar concentrator
AU - Zheng, Hongfei
AU - Tao, Tao
AU - Dai, Jing
AU - Kang, Huifang
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - A new multiple chamber trough solar collector and its working principles are introduced. A 3D computer model supported with optical analysis software is used to analyze the ray tracing of the solar light concentrating system. This investigates the flat receiver and cylindrical receiver respectively as well as determining the relationship between the receiving beam and the incident ray. By light tracing simulation, the distribution, width, eccentric magnitude of the image, and efficiency of the concentrated light varying with the incident angle can be calculated and visualized. Furthermore, the concentration ability of the system with flat receiver and cylindrical receiver is quantitatively analyzed and compared.
AB - A new multiple chamber trough solar collector and its working principles are introduced. A 3D computer model supported with optical analysis software is used to analyze the ray tracing of the solar light concentrating system. This investigates the flat receiver and cylindrical receiver respectively as well as determining the relationship between the receiving beam and the incident ray. By light tracing simulation, the distribution, width, eccentric magnitude of the image, and efficiency of the concentrated light varying with the incident angle can be calculated and visualized. Furthermore, the concentration ability of the system with flat receiver and cylindrical receiver is quantitatively analyzed and compared.
KW - Ray tracing
KW - Solar light concentrating
KW - Trough solar collector
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79953146453&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.12.042
DO - 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.12.042
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79953146453
SN - 0196-8904
VL - 52
SP - 2373
EP - 2377
JO - Energy Conversion and Management
JF - Energy Conversion and Management
IS - 6
ER -
