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Paper Abstract
We present a design for a modification of a previously proposed light-trapping solar collector that enables reactive solar tracking by the incorporation of an optically activated transparency-switching material. The material forms an entry aperture whose position reactively varies to admit sunlight, which is focused to a point on the receiving surface by a lens or set of lenses, over a wide range of solar angles. An analytic model for assessing device performance based on statistical ray optics is described and confirmed by raytrace simulations on a model system.
Paper Details
Date Published: 1 May 2015
PDF: 4 pages
Proc. SPIE 9516, Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations II, 951617 (1 May 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2179944
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9516:
Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations II
Pavel Cheben; Jiří Čtyroký; Iñigo Molina-Fernández, Editor(s)
PDF: 4 pages
Proc. SPIE 9516, Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations II, 951617 (1 May 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2179944
Show Author Affiliations
H. Apostoleris, Masdar Institute of Science & Technology (United Arab Emirates)
M. Chiesa, Masdar Institute of Science & Technology (United Arab Emirates)
M. Chiesa, Masdar Institute of Science & Technology (United Arab Emirates)
M. Stefancich, Istituto dei Materiali per l'Elettronica ed il Magnetismo, CNR (Italy)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9516:
Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations II
Pavel Cheben; Jiří Čtyroký; Iñigo Molina-Fernández, Editor(s)
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