Optimised Dielectric Totally Internally Reflecting Concentrator for the Solar Photonic Optoelectronic Transformer System: Maximum Concentration Method

Mirror symmetrical dielectric totally internally reflecting concentrator for building integrated photovoltaic systems

“…This is useful to predict the final output gain based on the input parameters especially from the manufacturing point of view. Often, a high output gain is desirable, but this normally translates into a larger structure [13] and increases the material cost [14]. Therefore some trade off must be met, i.e.…”

“…Clive has also proposed an alternative design for BIPV systems known as SolarBrane which comprises of extrusions of dielectric totally internally reflecting concentrators (DTIRCs) [13].…”

Optimisation of concentrator in the solar photonic optoelectronic transformer: comparison of geometrical performance and cost of implementation

“…It can also be seen that by 1 UK's Energy Saving's Trust estimates that cost to install an average solar PV system of 2.2kWp is around £12,000.00 [6]. 2 The system in [11] employs the extrusion of CPCs in an area of 0.60m 2 , which costs about £17.50. To produce a concentrator in an area of 1.00m 2 , the cost is estimated to be roughly £29.17.…”

“…It is a static solar device. Unlike conventional solar photovoltaic (PV) systems which only generate electricity, SolarBrane utilises both direct and indirect solar radiations to produce electricity, hot water, space heating, illumination and ventilation for a building which reduces the power consumption of a building [1], [2]. Figure 1 shows the diagram of a SolarBrane.…”

“…A solar concentrator is one of the devices used in the BIPV system that maximizes the collection of solar light and focuses the light to a smaller exit area, at which a PV cell is attached. While traditional solar PVs use a large area of silicon cell, the introduction of a concentrator in the design enables SolarBrane to use approximately 30% of the total silicon whilst maintaining the same output power [1], [2]. An important component of the SolarBrane is the Solar Photonic Optoelectronic Transformer (SPOT).…”