Solar PV & Thermal Concentrators
A Cyber Research Resource
Compiled by Joseph Reid
October 29 - 31, 2001
The First International Conference on Solar Electric
Concentrators
The First International Conference on Solar Electric
Concentrators will emphasize in-depth technical
discussions of recent achievements in technologies for
concentrating solar radiation for conversion to
electricity...
www.nrel.gov
Concentrator Systems
The performance of a PV array can be improved in a
number of ways. One option is to employ concentrating
optics, which gather sunlight with lenses, thereby
increasing the intensity of sunlight striking the PV
cell. (This is similar to using a magnifying glass.)...
www.eren.doe.gov
Square Dish Concentrator
This square dish solar concentrator was designed for
high intensity concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) space
cells..
www.harbornet.com
The Solar Concentrating System Website
This is the site for solar concentrator systems,
whether it is for passive heating, electricity
generation, big systems, small systems...
Solar Concentrating System Website
Solar group unveils 'round-the-clock' power
The Solar Thermal Group of the Centre for Sustainable
Energy Systems at the ANU has demonstrated a
world-first solar thermal system that is capable of
producing power day and night...
Round the Clock
What Is Concentrating Solar Power?
Concentrating solar power plants produce electric
power by first converting the sun's energy into heat,
and then to electricity in a conventional generator...
www.energylan.sandia.gov
Concentrating Solar Power: CSP Technologies
By collecting solar energy during daylight hours and
storing it in hot molten salt, concentrating solar
power technologies like power towers give utilities an
alternative method for meeting peak loads...
www.eren.doe.gov/power/
Solar Thermal Electric Power Plants
Using trough, dish, or central receiving collectors,
solar thermal electric power plants concentrate
sunlight to achieve temperatures in excess of 600 deg.
C. There are many commercial plants now in service,
and several larger ones being planned or constructed...
www.crest.org/renewables/
Solar Dish/Engine Systems
Solar dish/engine systems convert the energy from the
sun into electricity at a very high efficiency. Using
a mirror array formed into the shape of a dish, the
solar dish focuses the sun's rays onto a receiver. The
receiver transmits the energy to an engine that
generates electric power...
www.energylan.sandia.gov
A Compendium of Solar Dish Technology
This technology compendium, which is international in
scope, presents the results of a survey on the
technology status, system spefifications, performance,
and operation of parabolic dish solar collectors that
use Stirling engines to generate electrical power...
Solar Dish Compendium
Future Solar Thermal concentrators
Scientists at the University of Chicago have developed
a system to deliver solar radiation concentrations of
over 60,000 times the intensity of the sun...
www.crest.org
Refractive Secondary Solar Concentrator Being Designed
and Developed
As the need for achieving super high temperatures
(2000 K and above) in solar heat receivers has
developed so has the need for secondary concentrators...
www.grc.nasa.gov/
High-Flux Solar Furnace
Researchers create highly concentrated solar energy,
called solar flux, by reflecting sunlight from
precisely curved mirrors, similar to the way a
satellite dish reflects radio waves to a point
...
High-Flux Solar Furnace
solar concentrator cell
The
development of a solar concentrator cell that can
efficiently produce electricity for cities and
industries brings sun energy a big step closer to
giving power sources like fuels a run for their money,
researchers said Wednesday.
...
www.people.virginia.edu/
Infinitely Large Solar Furnace
By William Beaty 1996(c)
For those who dream of giant solar collectors which
can generate temperatures high enough to melt steel,
below is a method for building your own Solar Furnace
of any size you desire.
...
www.eskimo.com
Solar Concentrator Sites
A Philosophical outlook and a practical Trough
Concentrator design.
James Bassett's Concentrating Dish Page
Solar Concentrator Sites
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