Optical design of internal concentrator solar PV thermal tube collector

Zulin Peng*, Hongchuan Ge, Hansan Gao, Xinian Jiang

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Abstract

According to the special requirements of reflector and receiver construction of the non-tracking internal-concentrator solar PV-thermal tube collector, the CPC design method presented by Winston was applied to optical design for the compound parabolic concentrator used for the half cylinder absorber and the theoretical concentrator was obtained. Solar retrace of the concentrator and radiation distribution on the absorber surface at different incident angles were simulated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)577-582
Number of pages6
JournalTaiyangneng Xuebao/Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica
Volume28
Issue number6
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2007

Keywords

  • Compound parabolic concentrator (CPC)
  • Half cylinder absorber
  • Internal-concentrator solar PV-thermal tube collector

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