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- Title
Ultraviolet Concentration Factor of a Truncated Compound Parabolic Concentrator under Different Weather Conditions.
- Authors
Saettone, E.; Paredes, F.; Quino, J.; Ponce, S.; Eyzaguirre, R.
- Abstract
This study presents the results of ultraviolet radiation measurement in a truncated compound parabolic concentrator. The measurements were performed by using of a portable ultraviolet sensor both inside and outside the concentrator without the presence of receiver, under direct and diffuse solar radiation, to calculate the real value of the concentration factor of ultraviolet radiation. The truncated compound parabolic concentrator was designed in Solid Works and built via 3D printing, with a theoretical concentration factor of 4.6. This study showed the differences in the form of the ultraviolet radiation when measurements were made under direct radiation and diffuse solar radiation. These differences are important when measurements were made along the concentrator profile, at different heights within the concentrator and, also, along it. Finally, a concentration factor of 3.3 and 1.4 were calculated on a sunny and a cloudy days, respectively. These values correspond to a concentration efficiency of 71.7 and 31.3%, respectively, against the theoretical value of 4.6 proposed in the design.
- Subjects
COMPOUND parabolic concentrators; SOLAR radiation; WEATHER; ULTRAVIOLET radiation measurement; ULTRAVIOLET radiation
- Publication
Applied Solar Energy (19349424), 2020, Vol 56, Issue 2, p99
- ISSN
0003-701X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3103/S0003701X20020103