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Title: | Enhancing the efficiency of solar concentrators by controlled optical aberrations: Method and photovoltaic application | Authors: | GIANNUZZI, ALESSANDRA DIOLAITI, EMILIANO LOMBINI, MATTEO DE ROSA, ADRIANO GIUSEPPE MARANO, BRUNO BREGOLI, Giovanni Cosentino, Giuseppe FOPPIANI, ITALO SCHREIBER, LAURA |
Issue Date: | 2015 | Journal: | APPLIED ENERGY | Number: | 145 | First Page: | 211 | Abstract: | We present a general method, based on controlled static aberrations induced in the reflectors, to boost receiver performances in solar concentrators. Imaging mirrors coupled with dense arrays suffer from severe performance degradation since the solar irradiance distribution is bell-shaped: mismatch losses occur in particular when the cells are series connected. The method consists in computing static deformations of the reflecting surfaces that can produce, for an adopted concentration ratio, a light spot matching the receiver features better than conventional reflectors. The surfaces and the deformations have been analytically described employing the Zernike polynomials formalism. The concept here described can be applied to a variety of optical configurations and collecting areas. As an example, we extensively investigated a dense array photovoltaic concentrator, dimensioned for a nominal power of about 10 kWe. The "flat" distribution of light we obtain can exploit the PV device cells close to their efficiency limit. A significant gain is thus obtained, with no need of secondary optics or complex dish segmentation and of special features in the receiver electrical scheme. In the design, based on seven 2.6 m mirrors, we addressed also non-optical aspects as the receiver and the supporting mechanics. Optical and mechanical tolerances are demonstrated not to exceed accurate, but conventional, industrial standards. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/23432 | URL: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030626191500121X | ISSN: | 0306-2619 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.01.085 | Fulltext: | open |
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