Abstract

The fraction of power reaching the collector of a truncated cylindrical compound parabolic concentrator, out of the total power arriving at its entry aperture in a given direction, is calculated without ray tracing for all directions.

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Limit of concentration under extended nonhomogeneous light sources

Juan Carlos Miñano and Antonio Luque
Appl. Opt. 22(17) 2751-2760 (1983)

Limit of concentration for cylindrical concentrators under extended light sources

Juan Carlos Miñano and Antonio Luque
Appl. Opt. 22(16) 2437-2443 (1983)

Cylindrical concentrators as a limit case of toroidal concentrators

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Design of optimal and ideal 2-D concentrators with the collector immersed in a dielectric tube

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Juan C. Miñano
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