Abstract
Fiber-optic solar energy transmission and concentration provide a flexible way of handling concentrated solar energy. the high flux solar energy transmission by a flexible fiber-optic bundle and the research on the associated compound parabolic concentrator will largely expand the existing field of applications of solar energy concentrators. We report on a flexible light guide which consists of 19 optical fibers and is capable of transmistting up to 60W of optical power, with 60% efficiency. A felxible fiber-optic solar energy transmission and concentration scheme by using one single fiber, 2 and 7 fiber bundles is also reported.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 323-331 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 1-4 |
| Publication status | Published - 13 Jul 1998 |
Keywords
- Fiber optics
- Solar energy concentration
- Solar energy transmission