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A high temperature solar energy conversion device using optical waveguides

A P Patel

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The properties of optical waveguides are utilised in the construction of an optical filter which is then used in a high temperature solar energy conversion device, in which the loss of energy due to re-radiation into the atmosphere is adjusted to maximise the efficiency. Such a device, without any arrangement for concentrating solar radiation into a small area, promises to give an efficiency of about 30%. By using concentrators greater efficiencies can be attained.


PACS

42.79.Gn Optical waveguides and couplers

42.79.Ci Filters, zone plates, and polarizers

96.60.Tf Solar electromagnetic radiation

42.79.Ek Solar collectors and concentrators

Subjects

Optics, quantum optics and lasers

Astrophysics and astroparticles

Dates

Issue 8 (14 August 1984)



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