From Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2018
We introduce flowlines as an analytical tool to optimize solar concentrator designing based on non-imaging optics. Comparisons were performed for multiple concentrator configurations from the same flowlines group to understand the final flux on low-cost heat pipes or minichannel absorbers for a small scale residential hybrid system. With the optical simulation results, we assemble and test a novel optical design for new low-cost, high-efficiency solar CHP collector to analyze both thermal and electric performances. By combining photovoltaic (PV) cells with heat pipes and mini channels, we further thermal energy capture while simultaneously enhance the solar cell performance.
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Jordyn Brinkley, Lun Jiang, Bennett Widyolar, and Roland Winston, "Flowline analysis of eténdue transfer of a wide-angle solar concentrator," Proc. SPIE 10758, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XV, 107580K (Presented at SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications: August 20, 2018; Published: 14 September 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2323344.