An experimental procedure to determine solar energy flux distributions on the absorber of line-axis compound parabolic concentrators

Mervyn Smyth; Aggelos Zacharopoulos; Philip Charles Eames; Brian Norton

doi:10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00274-2

An experimental procedure to determine solar energy flux distributions on the absorber of line-axis compound parabolic concentrators

Mervyn Smyth
, Aggelos Zacharopoulos
, Philip Charles Eames
, Brian Norton

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	761-764
Journal	Renewable Energy
Volume	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00274-2
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - Apr 1999

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