Software simulation and experimental characterisation of a rotationally asymmetrical concentrator under direct and diffuse solar radiation

Daria Freier; Firdaus Muhammad-Sukki; Siti Hawa Binti Abu Bakar; Roberto Ramirez-Iniguez; Abdullahi Abubakar Mas'ud; Ricardo Albarracín; Jorge Alfredo Ardila-Rey; Abu  Munir; Siti Yasin; Nurul Aini Bani

doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2016.05.072

Software simulation and experimental characterisation of a rotationally asymmetrical concentrator under direct and diffuse solar radiation

Daria Freier, Firdaus Muhammad-Sukki, Siti Hawa Binti Abu Bakar, Roberto Ramirez-Iniguez, Abdullahi Abubakar Mas'ud, Ricardo Albarracín, Jorge Alfredo Ardila-Rey, Abu Munir, Siti Yasin, Nurul Aini Bani

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Making housing carbon neutral is one of the European Union (EU) targets with the aim to reduce energy consumption and to increase on-site renewable energy generation in the domestic sector. Optical concentrators have a strong potential to minimise the cost of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems by replacing expensive photovoltaic (PV) material whilst maintaining the same electrical output. In this work, the performance of a recently patented optical concentrator known as the rotationally asymmetrical dielectric totally internally reflective concentrator (RADTIRC) was analysed under direct and diffuse light
conditions. The RADTIRC has a geometrical concentration gain of 4.969 and two half acceptance angles of ±40 and ±30 respectively along the two axes. Simulation and experimental work has been carried out to determine the optical concentration gain and the angular response of the concentrator. It was
found that the RADTIRC has an optical concentration gain of 4.66 under direct irradiance and 1.94 under diffuse irradiance. The experimental results for the single concentrator showed a reduction in concentration gain of 4.2% when compared with simulation data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	223-238
Number of pages	16
Journal	Energy Conversion and Management
Volume	122
Early online date	1 Jun 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2016.05.072
Publication status	Published - Aug 2016

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Freier, D., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Abu Bakar, S. H. B., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Mas'ud, A. A., Albarracín, R., Ardila-Rey, J. A., Munir, A., Yasin, S., & Bani, N. A. (2016). Software simulation and experimental characterisation of a rotationally asymmetrical concentrator under direct and diffuse solar radiation. Energy Conversion and Management, 122, 223-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2016.05.072

Freier, Daria ; Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus ; Abu Bakar, Siti Hawa Binti ; Ramirez-Iniguez, Roberto ; Mas'ud, Abdullahi Abubakar ; Albarracín, Ricardo ; Ardila-Rey, Jorge Alfredo ; Munir, Abu ; Yasin, Siti ; Bani, Nurul Aini. / Software simulation and experimental characterisation of a rotationally asymmetrical concentrator under direct and diffuse solar radiation. In: Energy Conversion and Management. 2016 ; Vol. 122. pp. 223-238.

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Software simulation and experimental characterisation of a rotationally asymmetrical concentrator under direct and diffuse solar radiation. / Freier, Daria; Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus; Abu Bakar, Siti Hawa Binti; Ramirez-Iniguez, Roberto; Mas'ud, Abdullahi Abubakar; Albarracín, Ricardo; Ardila-Rey, Jorge Alfredo; Munir, Abu ; Yasin, Siti; Bani, Nurul Aini.

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