Improving the optical efficiency of a waveguide concentrator used with a single-axis tracking system

Sébastien Bouchard; Sébastien Bouchard; Simon Thibault; Simon Thibault

doi:10.1364/OSE.2013.RT3D.3

Renewable Energy and the Environment
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2013),
paper RT3D.3
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OSE.2013.RT3D.3

Improving the optical efficiency of a waveguide concentrator used with a single-axis tracking system

Sébastien Bouchard and Simon Thibault

Optics for Solar Energy 2013

Tucson, Arizona United States
3–7 November 2013
ISBN: 978-1-55752-986-2

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Concentrators - Tracking, Planar and Array Configurations (RT3D)

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S. Bouchard and S. Thibault, "Improving the optical efficiency of a waveguide concentrator used with a single-axis tracking system," in Renewable Energy and the Environment, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2013), paper RT3D.3.

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Abstract

We propose a method to improve the optical efficiency of a planar concentrator used with a single-axis tracker. The low cost for mass producing the system is kept while the performance is improved.

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