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SYNTHESIS LECTURES ON ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMEN...

Nonimaging optics is a subdiscipline of optics whose development over the last 35-40 years was
led by scientists from the University of Chicago and other cooperating individuals and
institutions. The approach provides a formalism that allows the design of optical devices that
approach the maximum physically attainable geometric concentration for a given set of optical
tolerances. This means that it has the potential to revolutionize the design of solar
concentrators. In this monograph  the basic practical applications of the techniques of
nonimaging optics to solar energy collection and concentration are developed and explained. The
formalism for designing a wide variety of concentrator types  such as the compound parabolic
concentrator and its many embodiments and variations  is presented. Both advantages and
limitations of the approach are reviewed. Practical and economic aspects of concentrator design
for both thermal and photovoltaic applications are discussed as well. The whole range of
concentrator applications from simple low-concentration nontracking designs to
ultrahigh-concentration multistage configurations is covered.Table of Contents: Introduction  
CPCs   Practical Design of CPC Thermal Collectors   Practical Design of CPC PV Concentrators  
Two-Stage Nonimaging Concentrators for Solar Thermal Applications   Two-Stage Nonimaging
Concentrators for Solar PV Applications   Selected Demonstrations of Nonimaging Concentrator
Performance   The Importance of Economic Factors in Effective Solar Concentrator Design  
Ultrahigh Concentration   Bibliography

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