Development Of The Compound Parabolic Collector For Photo-Thermal And Photo-Voltaic Applications
- 16 March 1976
- proceedings article
- Published by SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
- Vol. 0068, 136-146
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.978112
Abstract
We describe principles of design and experimental tests of the compound parabolic collector (CPC) concept for concentrating solar energy onto a receiver. Because of its wide angle of acceptance, the CPC can concentrate solar energy up to a factor ten without diurnal tracking of the sun, making it well suited for use in applications as a source of relatively high temperature (150 - 400°F) heat or an optical concentrator to reduce surface area requirements of photovoltaic cells.Keywords
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