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Smyth, Mervyn, Zacharopoulos, Aggelos, Eames, Philip Charles and Norton, Brian (1999) An experimental procedure to determine solar energy flux distributions on the absorber of line-axis compound parabolic concentrators. Renewable Energy, 16 . pp. 761-764. [Journal article]
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DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00274-2
Abstract
An experimental method for predicting the solar radiation intensity distribution incident on the absorber of a line-axis Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC) has been developed. A relationship has been derived that correlates insolation intensity with rate of temperature rise, based on first order time/temperature response curves obtained from thermocouples exposed to direct solar radiation. Employing this technique the energy flux distribution on the absorber of three line-axis CPC has been determined. The results have been validated with a,2-Dimensional raytrace analysis.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
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| Faculties and Schools: | Faculty of Art, Design and the Built Environment Faculty of Art, Design and the Built Environment > School of the Built Environment |
| ID Code: | 16074 |
| Deposited By: | Dr Aggelos Zacharopoulos |
| Deposited On: | 28 Oct 2010 13:46 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Oct 2010 13:46 |
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