Solar Concentrators

Muhammad-Sukki, F; Ramirez-Iniguez, R; McMeekin, S G; Stewart, B G; Clive, B

Abstract

Solar technology offers great potential in terms of supplying the world's energy needs. However, its current contribution to the world is still limited. The main factor is related to high initial cost of building the system. This paper will provide an up-to-date review of solar concentrators and their benefits to make solar technology affordable. It will also analyse on some of the existing solar concentrators used in the solar technology for the past four decades. The design and performance of each concentrator will be explained and compared.

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Publication Date: Oct 30, 2010
• Deposit Date: Dec 14, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 14, 2020
• Journal: International Journal of Applied Sciences (IJAS)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-15
• Series ISSN: 2180-1258
• Keywords: Renewable Energy Resources; Solar Energy; Solar Concentrator
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2702581
• Publisher URL: http://www.cscjournals.org/library/manuscriptinfo.php?mc=IJAS-8