Challenge and Research Trends of Solar Concentrators

• Altri autori: Liang, Dawei (Redattore), Zhao, Changming (Redattore)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: inglese
• Pubblicazione: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Soggetti: Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology; luminescent solar concentrator; solar spectrum splitter; power generation in space; microalgae; beam merging; multirod; Nd:YAG; solar furnace; solar flux homogenizer; solar laser; TEM00-mode; solar pumping; twisted light guide; top hat; doughnut-shaped; nanofluid; conical concentrator system; performance comparison; thermal efficiency; Fresnel lens; Gaussian source; groove number; solar flux; optical efficiency; full width at half maximum; concentrator; light guide; optical fiber solar system; solar daylighting; laser; parabolic mirror; solar concentrator; collecting efficiency; conical solar concentrator; performance analysis; solar energy; Ce:Nd:YAG; aspherical lens; side-pumped; uniformity; light-guide; homogenizer; solar-pumped laser; laser efficiency
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Primary and secondary solar concentrators are of vital importance for advanced solar energy and solar laser researches. Some of the most recent developments in primary and secondary solar concentrators were firstly presented. A novel three-dimensional elliptical-shaped Fresnel lens analytical model...