Nonimaging Fresnel Lenses

Design and Performance of Solar Concentrators

R. Leutz, A. Suzuki

272 pages, parution le 15/06/2001

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Résumé

This book offers a detailed and comprehensive account of the engineering of the world's first nonimaging Fresnel lens solar concentrator. The book closes a gap in solar concentrator design, and describes nonimaging refractive optics and its numerical mathematics . The contents follow a systems approach that is absent in standard handbooks of optics or solar energy. The reader is introduced to the principles, theories, and advantages of nonimaging optics from the standpoint of concentrating sunlight (the solar concentrator idea). The book shows the reader how to find his or her own optical solution using the rules and methodologies covering the design and the assessment of the nonimaging lens. This novel solar concentrator is developed within the natural constraints presented by the sun and in relation to competitive solutions offered by other concentrators.

Contents

Executive Summary.
Lenses and Mirrors for Solar Energy.
Nonimaging Optics.
Fresnel Lens Optics.
Earlier Fresnel Lenses.
Nonimaging Fresnel Lens Design.
Lens Evaluation.
Optimization of Stationary Concentrators.
Prototype Design, Manufacturing and Testing.
Concentrated Sunlight and Photovoltaic Conversion.
Solar Thermal Concentrator Systems.
Solar Concentration in Space.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	R. Leutz, A. Suzuki
Parution	15/06/2001
Nb. de pages	272
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	528g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9783540418412