Concentration characteristics of a two stage solar concentrator: Effect of primary mirror surface errors |
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| Authors: | Punita Taneja T C Kandpal S S Mathur |
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| Abstract: | The concentration characteristics of a two-stage linear solar concentrator employing a perfectly tracked parabolic trough as the primary and a seasonally adjusted compound parabolic concentrator as the secondary stage with a flat horizontal absorber are studied. The Monte Carlo ray trace technique is used for this purpose. The effect of randomly distributed primary mirror surface errors on the concentration characteristics of the two stage concentrator is also investigated. |
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| Keywords: | Concentration characteristics Solar concentrators Two stage concentrators Geometrical optics Ray tracing |
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