Abstract
The two-stage line-to-point focus solar concentrator with tracking secondary optics is introduced. Its design aims to reduce the cost per of collecting aperture by maintaining a one-axis tracking trough as the primary concentrator, while allowing the thermodynamic limit of concentration in 2D of to be significantly surpassed by the implementation of a tracking secondary stage. The limits of overall geometric concentration are found to exceed when hollow secondary concentrators are used, and when the receiver is immersed in a dielectric material of refractive index . Three exemplary collectors, with geometric concentrations in the range of are explored and their geometric performance is ascertained by Monte Carlo ray-tracing. The proposed solar concentrator design is well-suited for large-scale applications with discrete, flat receivers requiring concentration ratios in the range .
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