Simulation and Experimental Evaluation of a Refractive-Reflective Static Solar Concentrator

Guillermo Luque-Zuñiga, Rubén Vázquez-Medina, G. Ramos-López (), David Alejandro Pérez-Márquez and H. Yee-Madeira ()
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Guillermo Luque-Zuñiga: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CICATA Unidad Querétaro, Querétaro 76090, Mexico
Rubén Vázquez-Medina: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CICATA Unidad Querétaro, Querétaro 76090, Mexico
G. Ramos-López: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CICATA Unidad Querétaro, Querétaro 76090, Mexico
David Alejandro Pérez-Márquez: Departamento de Ingeniería en Diseño Industrial, Universidad Politécnica del Bicentenario, Guanajuato 36283, Mexico
H. Yee-Madeira: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Física y Matemáticas, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos Zacatenco, Ciudad de Mexico 07320, Mexico

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 3, 1-10

Abstract: Static solar devices have advantages over solar tracking systems. In pure reflective systems, solar reception is limited by the entry angle of the reflector. Many reflective systems are based on mirror Compound Parabolic Concentrators. The solar collection can be improved by placing a lens on top of the reflector. In this work, a static system is proposed, consisting of a mirror funnel concentrator with a prism on top. The system is designed using ray-tracing software and is subsequently built and experimentally evaluated. The system designed for an effective concentration factor of 4× reaches an effective concentration of 3.2× at 11:30 a.m. and has an acceptance angle of 60°. Considering the time interval from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the system harvests 30.7% more energy than the flat surface. If the time interval considered is from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the increase in harvest is ∼77%. The incorporation of the prism represents an increase of ∼6% compared to the bare reflective system.

Keywords: solar concentrator; refractive-reflective system; collected energy; solar energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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