A review on the recent research progress in the compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) for solar energy applications
Compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) has been gaining ever-increasing attention from academic researchers and industrial developers owing to its stationary feature for solar energy collection with a higher efficiency. As a low concentration concentrator with a larger acceptance angle and without a...
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| author | Tian, Meng Su, Yuehong Zheng, Hongfei Pei, Gang Li, Guiqiang Riffat, Saffa |
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| description | Compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) has been gaining ever-increasing attention from academic researchers and industrial developers owing to its stationary feature for solar energy collection with a higher efficiency. As a low concentration concentrator with a larger acceptance angle and without a tracking requirement, it is an attractive solution to improve the system performance and reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) system, solar thermal system, daylighting and lighting systems, etc. This study will present a comprehensive and up-to-date review of its design principles for miscellaneous configurations, applications, performance predictions and technological advances. Numerous technically focused studies since 2000 will be introduced and summarized. Finally, the outlook focusing on CPC designs and improvements will be proposed. |
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| spelling | nottingham-476262020-05-04T19:30:31Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47626/ A review on the recent research progress in the compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) for solar energy applications Tian, Meng Su, Yuehong Zheng, Hongfei Pei, Gang Li, Guiqiang Riffat, Saffa Compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) has been gaining ever-increasing attention from academic researchers and industrial developers owing to its stationary feature for solar energy collection with a higher efficiency. As a low concentration concentrator with a larger acceptance angle and without a tracking requirement, it is an attractive solution to improve the system performance and reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) system, solar thermal system, daylighting and lighting systems, etc. This study will present a comprehensive and up-to-date review of its design principles for miscellaneous configurations, applications, performance predictions and technological advances. Numerous technically focused studies since 2000 will be introduced and summarized. Finally, the outlook focusing on CPC designs and improvements will be proposed. Elsevier 2018-02-01 Article PeerReviewed Tian, Meng, Su, Yuehong, Zheng, Hongfei, Pei, Gang, Li, Guiqiang and Riffat, Saffa (2018) A review on the recent research progress in the compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) for solar energy applications. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 82 . pp. 1272-1296. ISSN 1364-0321 Compound parabolic concentrator; CPC; Solar energy; Concentration ratio; Dielectric http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211731300X doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.09.050 doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.09.050 |
| spellingShingle | Compound parabolic concentrator; CPC; Solar energy; Concentration ratio; Dielectric Tian, Meng Su, Yuehong Zheng, Hongfei Pei, Gang Li, Guiqiang Riffat, Saffa A review on the recent research progress in the compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) for solar energy applications |
| title | A review on the recent research progress in the compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) for solar energy applications |
| title_full | A review on the recent research progress in the compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) for solar energy applications |
| title_fullStr | A review on the recent research progress in the compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) for solar energy applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | A review on the recent research progress in the compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) for solar energy applications |
| title_short | A review on the recent research progress in the compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) for solar energy applications |
| title_sort | review on the recent research progress in the compound parabolic concentrator (cpc) for solar energy applications |
| topic | Compound parabolic concentrator; CPC; Solar energy; Concentration ratio; Dielectric |
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