Abstract: Thermal Integral Micro-Generation (TIMGen) systems on the scale of a few Watts are proposed for use with solar or fuel-derived heat. The optics, the thermal receiver, and several alternative ...

Abstract: A method for remote optical measurement of the geometry of nonimaging concentrators is presented. A concentrator installed in a solar tower was measured by observation of transmission patterns ...

Abstract: The efficiency of both solar thermal and photovoltaic (PV) systems for power generation is usually in the range of 10–30%, meaning that more than two-thirds of the collected radiation energy ...

Abstract: Measured physical and optical properties of a stable polydisperse carbon black particle cloud at 532 nm and 1064 nm are reported. The particle cloud consisted of 99.7% spheroid primary particles ...

Abstract: This special issue departs from the tradition of collections dedicated to a specific topic. Instead, it offers a collection of papers from a community of researchers working a specific geographical ...

Abstract: A solar particle receiver was developed to heat a process gas to very high temperatures. Its operation is based on seeding the process gas with a very large numerical amount (but small mass ...

Abstract: Tracking motions in current heliostats are usually performed in discrete steps, even though the motion of the sun is continuous. Aiming errors due to the discrete steps are often about 1 mrad ...