A feasibility study for a new approach to designing non-tracking solar concentrators
Reference Number
EP/F027451/1
Title
A feasibility study for a new approach to designing non-tracking solar concentrators
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Photovoltaics)
Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Solar thermal power and high-temp. applications)
Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Solar thermal power and high-temp. applications)
Research Types
Basic and strategic applied research
Science and Technology Fields
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Applied Mathematics)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Dr M McCulloch
Engineering Science
University of Oxford
Engineering Science
University of Oxford
Award Type
Standard
Funding Source
EPSRC
Start Date
01 October 2007
End Date
30 September 2008
Duration
12 months
Total Grant Value
£107,190
Industrial Sectors
Energy
Region
South East
Programme
Energy -- Energy Research Capacity
Other Investigator
Dr J Ockendon, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
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Objectives
Abstract
Solar concentrators are attractive because they can produce a higher yield of energy at a lower cost for both solar-thermal and solar-photovoltaic applications. All current designs have significant drawbacks, but we believe that we have an entirely new method for determining and designing solar concentrators optimised for any latitude or common weather conditions. Our aim is to use mathematical approaches to help design an efficient device which is cheap to manufacture and easy to integrate into a wide variety of buildings (domestic and commercial) and then to produce a prototype
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13/08/07
