Study of paraboloidal optical concentrator by ray-tracing method: Results
This paper presents results obtained by using a software tool (Ray-Tracer), which we developed in order to simulate small size paraboloidal concentrator. The simulations were carried out for the days corresponding to equinox and solstice moments. For the interval between the winter solstice and s...
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| Language: | EN |
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D.Ghitu Institute of Electronic Engineering and Nanotechnologies
2008
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/2cceb4f70ad74f3ea4adb10eb05a8d29 |
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| Summary: | This paper presents results obtained by using a software tool (Ray-Tracer), which we
developed in order to simulate small size paraboloidal concentrator. The simulations were
carried out for the days corresponding to equinox and solstice moments. For the interval between the winter solstice and summer solstice, we computed the optical concentration factors,
the averaged optical concentration and the averaged optical efficiency. We found that the optical efficiency is maximal in March and it is minimal in December and June. All these results
are in agreement with results reported in literature illustrating the fact that the proposed software tool is competitive. |
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