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Nonimaging Fresnel Lenses

Design and Performance of Solar Concentrators

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Authors:
  1. Ralf Leutz

    1. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology BASE, Tokyo, Japan

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  2. Akio Suzuki

    1. Natural Sciences Sector, UNESCO, Paris Cedex 15, France

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  • This is after long the first current book on the subject
  • Useful for optical scientists and engineers alike
  • Offers a new technique for application
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences (SSOS, volume 83)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Executive Summary

    • Ralf Leutz, Akio Suzuki
    Pages 1-2

  3. Lenses and Mirrors for Solar Energy

    • Ralf Leutz, Akio Suzuki
    Pages 3-14

  4. Nonimaging Optics

    • Ralf Leutz, Akio Suzuki
    Pages 15-33

  5. Fresnel Lens Optics

    • Ralf Leutz, Akio Suzuki
    Pages 35-52

  6. Earlier Fresnel Lenses

    • Ralf Leutz, Akio Suzuki
    Pages 53-75

  7. Nonimaging Fresnel Lens Design

    • Ralf Leutz, Akio Suzuki
    Pages 77-99

  8. Lens Evaluation

    • Ralf Leutz, Akio Suzuki
    Pages 101-125

  9. Optimization of Stationary Concentrators

    • Ralf Leutz, Akio Suzuki
    Pages 127-153

  10. Prototype Design, Manufacturing, and Testing

    • Ralf Leutz, Akio Suzuki
    Pages 155-178

  11. Concentrated Sunlight and Photovoltaic Conversion

    • Ralf Leutz, Akio Suzuki
    Pages 179-216

  12. Solar Thermal Concentrator Systems

    • Ralf Leutz, Akio Suzuki
    Pages 217-244

  13. Solar Concentration in Space

    • Ralf Leutz, Akio Suzuki
    Pages 245-256

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 257-274
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Nonimaging Fresnel Lenses: Design and Performance of Solar Concentmtors; what are we talking about? It is easy to forget that you, dear reader, may not be one of those who work inexactly the same field as we do: nonimaging optics for the concentration of sunlight. You may be a researcher in some optical science interested in the core subject of this book: the world's first practical design of a nonimaging Fresnel lens concentrator. You may not be too excited about the collection of solar energy, but you would want a fuB description of the optical performance of the lens. Which you will get, mostly in terms of nonimaging optics, complete with test results, and set against the competition of imaging Fresnel lenses and mirror-based imaging and nonimaging concentrators. If you are a solar energy professional, you are likely to be interested in reading why nonimaging optics and solar energy coBection go together so weB. They do so, because the concentration of solar energy does not demand imaging qualities, but instead requires flexible designs of highly uniform flux concentrators coping with solar disk size, solar spectrum, and tracking errors. Nonimaging optics has been developed to perfection since its discovery in 1965, in dealing with solar power conversion. Much of this experience is useful in nonimaging optical design in other fields where the markets already are more rewarding than in solar power generation, such as optoelectronics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology BASE, Tokyo, Japan

    Ralf Leutz

  • Natural Sciences Sector, UNESCO, Paris Cedex 15, France

    Akio Suzuki

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nonimaging Fresnel Lenses

  • Book Subtitle: Design and Performance of Solar Concentrators

  • Authors: Ralf Leutz, Akio Suzuki

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Optical Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45290-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-41841-2Published: 31 July 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07531-5Published: 08 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-45290-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0342-4111

  • Series E-ISSN: 1556-1534

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 274

  • Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes

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