Author Affiliations
1 Institute of Solar Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China2 School of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Structure of CPC with plane-absorber
Fig. 2. Structure of PACPC
Fig. 3. Structure of the truncation PACPC
Fig. 4. Segmented structure of scattered radiation
Fig. 5. Segmented structure of direct radiation
Fig. 6. Concentrating rays from south of PACPC. (a) Incident angle of light is 70°; (b) incident angle of light is 56.4978°; (c) incident angle of light is 35°
Fig. 7. Concentrating rays from north of PACPC. (a) Incident angle of light is 1°; (b) incident angle of light is -6.5339°; (c) incident angle of light is -30°
Fig. 8. Optical efficiency of PACPC with different reflectivities
Fig. 9. Normalized energy flow density distribution on absorber surface
Fig. 10. Collection of direct radiation energy
Fig. 11. Collection of scattered radiation energy
Fig. 12. Lighting quantity of two condensing systems
Fig. 13. Improvement ratio of lighting quantity of the system
Number | Item | Symbol | Value |
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1 | Absorptivity | αabs | 1 | 2 | Reflectivity of PACPC | ρCPC | 1 | 3 | Acceptance half-angle of south | θa1 | 56.4978° | 4 | Acceptance half-angle of north | θa2 | 6.5339° |
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Table 1. Parameters of PACPC
Number | Item | Symbol | Value /mm |
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1 | Width of plane absorber | W | 156 | 2 | Aperture of PACPC | M | 249.3836 | 3 | Height of plane absorber | H | 113.5496 | 4 | Length of plane absorber | L | 1560 |
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Table 2. Geometrical parameters of PACPC system