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Focal point tracking system for concentration solar power collection

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  • Yeh, Pei-Ying
  • Yen, Po-Ching
  • Yen, Jia-Yush
  • Wu, Tsung-Tsong
  • Liu, Pei-Ling
  • Wu, Chia-Ling
  • Peng, Ching-Yu

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel concentration solar collector. Instead of rotating a heavy concentrating lens, the proposed system moves the photo transducer. The design requires no exposed moving parts that are difficult to maintain, it also consumes less power to move the light weight solar transducer. The design is also suitable for vertical applications like building walls. With the fixed concentration lens, the focal point moves along a strange curve. This paper reports the procedure to calculate the trajectory. This research then builds an experimental setup to verify the concept. The experimental results show that the proposed focal tracking system achieves comparable solar energy conversion efficiency to the conventional systems.

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  • Yeh, Pei-Ying & Yen, Po-Ching & Yen, Jia-Yush & Wu, Tsung-Tsong & Liu, Pei-Ling & Wu, Chia-Ling & Peng, Ching-Yu, 2011. "Focal point tracking system for concentration solar power collection," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 15(6), pages 3029-3033, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:rensus:v:15:y:2011:i:6:p:3029-3033
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    2. Indora, Sunil & Kandpal, Tara C., 2018. "Institutional cooking with solar energy: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 131-154.
    3. Amanlou, Yasaman & Hashjin, Teymour Tavakoli & Ghobadian, Barat & Najafi, G. & Mamat, R., 2016. "A comprehensive review of Uniform Solar Illumination at Low Concentration Photovoltaic (LCPV) Systems," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 1430-1441.
    4. Skouri, Safa & Ben Haj Ali, Abdessalem & Bouadila, Salwa & Ben Salah, Mohieddine & Ben Nasrallah, Sassi, 2016. "Design and construction of sun tracking systems for solar parabolic concentrator displacement," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 1419-1429.

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