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HIGH EFFICIENCY, LOW COST PARABOLIC DISH SYSTEM FOR COGENERATION OF ELECTRICITY AND HEAT
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2010
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Unique Dish DesignElectrical EngineeringEnergy HarvestingEngineeringEnergy ManagementEnergy EfficiencyEnergy ConversionHigh EfficiencyThermal ManagementEnergy GenerationPlastic Parabolic SurfaceCpv TechnologyHeat TransferThermal EngineeringSolar Thermal Energy
Highly efficient combined heat and power generating system based on CPV technology using unique dish design consisting of multiple simple flat mirrors mounted on a plastic parabolic surface. The dish of total aperture area of 11 m2 focuses 10.3 kWp onto a heat and electricity generating receiver. The receiver comprises a water cooled, dense triple junction cell array of 176 cm2 aperture area. A unique arrangement of the cells compensates for the non‐uniformity of the reflected flux. Depending on the flow rate, the temperature of the hot water can be adjusted to suit from temperatures for domestic use, to temperatures suited for process heat. The output of 2.3 kWp electrical and 5.5 kWp thermal power from one dish system represent 20 to 21% electrical and 50% thermal conversion efficiency adding to 70% overall system efficiency.