Nonimaging Fresnel Lenses
Subtitle: Design and Performance of Solar Concentrators (Springer Series in Optical Sciences)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 6, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9783540418412
Subjects: Applied optics; Technology & Industrial Arts; Power Resources; Solar Energy Engineering; Technology; Science/Mathematics; Solar concentrators; Engineering - Mechanical; General; Optics; Medical-General; Science / Optics; Science-Optics; Technology / Engineering / Mechanical; Fresnel lenses
First sentence: When the design simulation of the nonimaging Fresnel lens solar concentrator was completed, we thought of the lens as being a direct competitor to the compound parabolic concentrator (CPC), which is a mirror-based solar thermal concentrator.