Design and Optical Performance of Compound Parabolic Solar Concentrators with Evacuated Tube as Receivers

In the present article, six symmetric compound parabolic solar concentrators (CPCs) with all-glass evacuated solar tubes (EST) as the receiver are designed, and a comparative study on their optical performance is performed based on theoretical analysis and ray-tracing simulations. In terms of optica...

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Main Authors: Qiang Wang, Jinfu Wang, Runsheng Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-10-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/10/795