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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) 50%; Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Solar thermal power and high-temp. applications) 50%;
Research Types	Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields	PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Applied Mathematics) 75%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 25%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator	Dr M (Malcolm ) McCulloch No email address given 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 Research Capacity
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Dr M (Malcolm ) McCulloch , Engineering Science, University of Oxford (99.999%)
	Other Investigator	Dr J Ockendon , Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford (0.001%)
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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
Publications	(none)
Final Report	(none)
Added to Database	13/08/07