Nonimaging optics in solar energy [electronic resource] / Joseph J. O'Gallagher.

Nonimaging optics is a subdiscipline of optics whose development over the last 35-40 years was led by scientists from the University of Chicago and other cooperating individuals and institutions. The approach provides a formalism that allows the design of optical devices that approach the maximum ph...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Morgan & Claypool)
Main Author:	O'Gallagher, J. (Joseph)
Other title:	Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, ©2008.
Series:	Synthesis lectures on energy and the environment (Online) ; # 2.
Subjects:	Optics. Solar collectors. Solar concentrators. Solar thermal energy. Photovoltaic conversion. Nonimaging optics. Optical concentration. High temperature. Thermal energy conversion. Secondary concentrator. Compound parabolic. Concentrator. Trumpet concentrator.