Engineering development studies for integrated evacuated CPC arrays. Final report, January 19, 1981-January 18, 1982

Technical Report · Fri Apr 23 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5350442

Winston, R

A new evacuated tube concentrator which achieves respectable high temperature performance (100/sup 0/C to 300/sup 0/C) has been developed by the University of Chicago and GTE Research Laboratories. The design concept utilizes nonimaging CPC type concentration integrated into each tube by shaping the outer glass vacuum envelope. The detailed design, prototype fabrication and preliminary test measurements are reviewed. In addition the results of this first study specifically devoted to engineering development questions related to practical applications of this collector concept are summarized. Questions having to do with the deployment of medium to large area arrays, optimizations of the manifolding of individual tube panels, selected near term applications (with an emphasis on residential cooling based on Rankine driven chillers) and long term performance projections are addressed.

• Research Organization: Chicago Univ., IL (USA). Enrico Fermi Inst.
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-81AL16223
• OSTI ID: 5350442
• Report Number(s): DOE/AL/16223-2; ON: DE82013941
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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