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Truncation of the secondary concentrator (CPC) as means to cost effective beam-down system / Akiba Segal in Transactions of the ASME. Journal of solar energy engineering, Vol. 132 N° 3 (Août 2010) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Transactions of the ASME. Journal of solar energy engineering > Vol. 132 N° 3 (Août 2010) . - pp. [031004/1-4] Titre : Truncation of the secondary concentrator (CPC) as means to cost effective beam-down system Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Akiba Segal, Auteur ; Michael Epstein, Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : pp. [031004/1-4] Note générale : Energie Solaire Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Optics  Solar  energy  concentrators  Solar  power  stations Index. décimale : 621.47 Résumé : A central solar plant based on beam-down optics is composed of a field of heliostats, a tower reflector (hyperboloid mirror), and a ground receiver interfaced at its aperture with one or a cluster of secondary concentrators (compound parabolic concentrator). In previous publications, a method was presented, illustrating the correlation between the tower reflector position and its size on one hand and the geometry, dimensions, and reflective area of the secondary concentrator on the other hand, both related to the heliostat field reflective area. Obviously, when one wishes to reduce the size of a tower reflector by locating it closer to the upper focal point, the image created at the lower focus will be broader, resulting in a larger secondary ground concentrator. The present paper describes a method for substantial decrease in the dimensions of the ground secondary concentrator cluster (and, implicitly, the concentrator's area) via truncation and some geometrical corrections without significant sacrifice of the optical performance. This offers a method for cost effective design of future central solar plants, utilizing the beam-down optics. DEWEY : 621.47 ISSN : 0199-6231 En ligne : http://asmedl.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=JSEEDO00013200 [...] [article] Truncation of the secondary concentrator (CPC) as means to cost effective beam-down system [texte imprimé] / Akiba Segal, Auteur ; Michael Epstein, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. [031004/1-4]. Energie Solaire Langues : Anglais (eng) in Transactions of the ASME. Journal of solar energy engineering > Vol. 132 N° 3 (Août 2010) . - pp. [031004/1-4] Mots-clés : Optics  Solar  energy  concentrators  Solar  power  stations Index. décimale : 621.47 Résumé : A central solar plant based on beam-down optics is composed of a field of heliostats, a tower reflector (hyperboloid mirror), and a ground receiver interfaced at its aperture with one or a cluster of secondary concentrators (compound parabolic concentrator). In previous publications, a method was presented, illustrating the correlation between the tower reflector position and its size on one hand and the geometry, dimensions, and reflective area of the secondary concentrator on the other hand, both related to the heliostat field reflective area. Obviously, when one wishes to reduce the size of a tower reflector by locating it closer to the upper focal point, the image created at the lower focus will be broader, resulting in a larger secondary ground concentrator. The present paper describes a method for substantial decrease in the dimensions of the ground secondary concentrator cluster (and, implicitly, the concentrator's area) via truncation and some geometrical corrections without significant sacrifice of the optical performance. This offers a method for cost effective design of future central solar plants, utilizing the beam-down optics. DEWEY : 621.47 ISSN : 0199-6231 En ligne : http://asmedl.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=JSEEDO00013200 [...]