• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.375-381
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• 2024

In this report, we present the design, fabrication, and experiment of a static solar system for electric vehicle (EV) applications. The static concentration component is composed of compound parabolic concentrators (CPCs) couplings with multi-junction solar cells, where a flat silicon panel is added to the bottom of the CPV structure to maximize power generation. This design allows the system to collect both direct sunlight and diffused sunlight. The CPCs were fabricated with acrylic with a geometric concentration ratio of 4×. We built a prototype with a (3 × 3) cell array of CPCs with a thickness of 25 mm, which is as thin as conventional flat photovoltaic panels, and performed an outdoor experiment that showed that after six hours of operation, the system had an acceptance angle of approximately 43° and an average daily efficiency of 22.85%.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2002

The intermediate range of temperatures($100{\sim}300^{\circ}C$) which can be achieved with CPCs(Compound Parabolic Concentrators) without tracking device provides both economic and thermal advantages for solar collector design. The present paper summarizes critical design considerations for CPC with cylindrical absorber and its optical performance using ray tracing program. Concentration ratios vary as acceptance half angle, ratio of reflector height to aperture width and ratio of reflector area to aperture area. This effects showed that the concentration ratio was increased as acceptance angle but optimum ratio of reflector height to aperture width existed at critical value. As a result of ray tracing, solar ray losses was maximized at acceptance half angle and this problem was solved by increasing absorber tube diameter. The concentrating flux distribution on the absorber surface was uniform but peak flux existed.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.627-633
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• 2022

To realize uniform side pumping of solar lasers and improve their output power, a solar concentrating system based on off-axis parabolic mirrors is proposed. Four identical off-axis parabolic mirrors with focal length of 1,000 mm are toroidally arranged as the primary concentrator. Four two-dimensional compound parabolic concentrators (2D-CPCs) are designed as a secondary concentrator to further compress the focused spot induced by the parabolic mirrors, and the focused light is then homogenized by four rectangular diffusers and provides uniform pumping for a laser-crystal rod to achieve solar laser emission. Simulation results show that the solar power received by the laser rod, uniformity of the light spot, and output power of the solar laser are 7,872.7 W, 98%, and 351.8 W respectively. This uniform pumping configuration and concentrator design thus provide a new means for developing high-power side-pumped solid-state solar lasers.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제32권12호
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• pp.1147-1153
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 Compound parabolic concentrator reactor system을 이용하여 초기농도 10 mg/L의 클로로포름을 광촉매 반응으로 처리하였다. 1000 W의 메탈할라이드 방전램프를 인공태양광원으로 사용하였으며 약 99%의 클로로포름이 광촉매반응에 의하여 90분 안에 제거되어 먹는물 수질기준인 0.08 mg/L을 만족하였다(pH 5.24, $TiO_2$ 농도 0.2 g/L). 또한 초기 pH와 $TiO_2$ 농도가 클로로포름의 분해에 미치는 영향 을 알아보기 위해 pH 4, 5, 6, 7과 $TiO_2$ 농도 0.1, 0.2, 0.4의 조건에서 실험을 수행하였으며, 각 pH 에서의 $TiO_2$ 입자크기(particle size)와 비표면적(specific surface area)을 측정하여 클로로포름 분해율과 비교하여 비표면적과 광촉매반응 활성 사이의 상관관계를 규명하고자 하였다. 그 결과 pH와$TiO_2$ 농도에 따른 클로로포름 분해율은 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 하지만 pH에 따라 $TiO_2$의 입자크기분포(particle distribution)와 비표면적이 변했고 pH 7은 다른 pH 영역보다 비표면적이 약 2배 정도 작은 결과를 보였다. 본 연구의 결과를 바탕으로 클로로포름의 광촉매반응은 $TiO_2$의 비표면적과 상관관계가 없는 TCE-type인 것을 유추할 수 있었다.