200-W solar energy delivery with optical fiber bundles

Dawei Liang; Yuri Nunes; Luis Fraser Monteiro; M. L. Fraser Monteiro; Manuel Collares-Pereira

doi:10.1117/12.279217

3 October 1997 200-W solar energy delivery with optical fiber bundles

Dawei Liang, Yuri Nunes, Luis Fraser Monteiro, M. L. Fraser Monteiro, Manuel Collares-Pereira

Proceedings Volume 3139, Nonimaging Optics: Maximum Efficiency Light Transfer IV; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279217
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Flexible optical fibers and fiber bundles can be used to transfer solar energy to a desirable place, where it could be used either to pump a laser crystal or to carry out other useful mechanical, chemical or thermal processings. Two flexible fiber-optic bundles were built. Each bundle consists of 19 optical fibers of 1.5 mm diameter each. The input section of each single fiber is polished to form a hexagonal column. When the input columns were joined together, two compact fiber-optic bundles were formed, leaving no dead space between the fibers and hence, the concentrated solar energy was transmitted without extra loss. Two off-axis parabolic mirrors with hexagonal form were held onto a solar tracker which continuously tracks the Sun. With an incident intensity of 650 W/cm², each primary mirror captured 143 W solar energy and concentrated it into a light spot of hexagonal form, which matches well with the input area of the fiber-optic bundle. Solar energy of 100 W was successfully delivered by each bundle, with transmission efficiency of 70%. The two fiber bundles were also combined to form a large bundle for 200 W solar energy delivery.

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Dawei Liang, Yuri Nunes, Luis Fraser Monteiro, M. L. Fraser Monteiro, and Manuel Collares-Pereira "200-W solar energy delivery with optical fiber bundles", Proc. SPIE 3139, Nonimaging Optics: Maximum Efficiency Light Transfer IV, (3 October 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279217

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