A new design of luminescent solar concentrator and its trial run

Wang, C. and Abdul-Rahman, H. and Rao, S.P. (2010) A new design of luminescent solar concentrator and its trial run. International Journal of Energy Research, 34 (15). pp. 1372-1385. ISSN 0363-907X,

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Abstract

Normal luminescent solar concentrators (LSC) have a great limitation in their light transportation because the light produced by the recently reported LSCs is not a point light source. In order to enable LSCs to use optical fibers as the effective remote light transport media, a new design of LSC, which uses three color luminescent fibers for solar absorption and uses clear optical fiber bundles to transport the absorbed sunlight into a remote place, is fabricated and tested. Radiation flux ratios with a mean value of 5.7%, the luminous flux up to 114.1 lumens, and the light efficiency of 0.56% have been achieved during the trial run. The luminous efficacy as 0.643 lm W(-1) is higher than that of combusting candles (0.3 lm W(-1)) but lower than that of the incandescent light bulbs (16-40 lm W(-1)). Further, since the sun light is free, different from electrical light sources, the luminous efficacy of the new LSC does not result in any electricity consumption when it is under operation. A color analysis and spectrum test proves that the light produced by the new LSC performs a great match to the direct sun light in color. Copyright (C) 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: LSC; optical fibers; solar energy
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Depositing User: Mr Faizal 2
Date Deposited: 12 Jan 2015 04:03
Last Modified: 12 Jan 2015 04:03
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/11861

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