Planar lightguide solar concentrator

Shu-Chun Chu; Hung-Yu Wu; Hui-Hsiung Lin

doi:10.1117/12.922185

2 May 2012 Planar lightguide solar concentrator

Shu-Chun Chu, Hung-Yu Wu, Hui-Hsiung Lin

Proceedings Volume 8438, Photonics for Solar Energy Systems IV; 843810 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.922185
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2012, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

This paper proposes a sawtooth-shape planar lightguide solar concentrator. In this design, sunlight is collected by each lens in a two-dimensional lens array and is coupled into the planar lightguide using localized micro structure placed at each lens focus. Where the micro structure is the dimpled structure [2010 International Optical Design Conference, paper ITuE5P]. In this design, one side of the planar lightguide was shaped in a sawtooth-form shape. The usage of the sawtooth-shape planar lightguide prevents most leakage of guiding rays after multiple reflections in lightguide. Simulation results show that the sawtooth-shape planar lightguide solar concentrator can achieve 92% optical efficiency at 300× concentration.

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Shu-Chun Chu, Hung-Yu Wu, and Hui-Hsiung Lin "Planar lightguide solar concentrator", Proc. SPIE 8438, Photonics for Solar Energy Systems IV, 843810 (2 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.922185

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