Designing optical devices based on non-uniform rational Béziers splines
Optical system design has a significant impact on solar power plant efficiency. It can be advantageous to be able to very precisely adapt mirror shapes in order to improve energy yield. In this article it is investigated whether it is feasible to use non-uniform rational Béziers splines (NURBS) to describe mirrors.
Year of publication: |
2014
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Authors: | Teufel, Edgar |
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Renewable Energy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0960-1481. - Vol. 63.2014, C, p. 69-75
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Subject: | Concentrating solar power | Secondary concentrators | Ray tracing | Optical performance |
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