TY - JOUR
T1 - An experimental procedure to determine solar energy flux distributions on the absorber of line-axis compound parabolic concentrators
AU - Smyth, Mervyn
AU - Zacharopoulos, Aggelos
AU - Eames, Philip Charles
AU - Norton, Brian
PY - 1999/4
Y1 - 1999/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00274-2
DO - 10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00274-2
M3 - Article
SN - 1879-0682
VL - 16
SP - 761
EP - 764
JO - Renewable Energy
JF - Renewable Energy
ER -
