If I want to build a cylindrical parabolic solar concentrator. What is the minimum length of this cencentrator? Is a prototype of 50 cm (length) good enough?
Dear Md Parvez Islam,
Thank you sir for the documentation. They give me good ideas. but the concentrators in his documents are too large. I am looking to build two portable concentrators of 0.5 meters of length (to make a comparison).
My question: Can a small prototype help me to do a complete study?
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I think that the following attached paper will be helpful for you:
Dear Md Parvez Islam,
Thank you sir for the documentation. They give me good ideas. but the concentrators in his documents are too large. I am looking to build two portable concentrators of 0.5 meters of length (to make a comparison).
My question: Can a small prototype help me to do a complete study?
I take the opportunity to invite you to our journal as author: https://www.ijeca.info/index.php/IJECA/about/editorialTeam
The mirror's length should match the length of the solar cells; too short and the cells at the end won't see any reflected light and too long is just a waste of mirror. However, deliberately making the axis too long would work where you have a fixed array with single axis steering, so as the sun angle varies over the year, you still get effective concentration. But this has drawbacks too, as the cells at the end will not see consistent solar illumination at different times of year, and this condition has to be catered for in the circuitry and MPPT design.
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