菲涅尔透镜热变形对CPV聚光系统性能影响的数值研究

由硅胶-玻璃材料组成的SOG(silicone on glass)型菲涅尔透镜在温度变化时会产生热变形,影响CPV(concentrating photovoltaic)聚光系统的性能。为研究透镜热变形对聚光系统光效率的影响,优化设计两类聚光系统,并采用数值计算的方法模拟透镜的热变形,再将热变形导入光学模型中,使用蒙特卡罗方法计算变形前后的聚光效率。结果表明:对于单级聚光系统,采用单色光均匀性优化方法设计的透镜受翘曲变形和齿面自由变形影响较大,光效率在变形前后相差10%左右,改进型补偿色散方法设计的菲涅尔透镜受翘曲变形和齿面自由变形影响较小。另外,双级聚光系统可以有效抵抗热变形的影响。     

新型菲涅尔线聚焦聚光太阳电池组件研究

以聚甲基丙烯酸甲脂为材料,采用热压成型工艺加工成型线聚焦菲涅尔聚光透镜(8×),可用于空间、地面光伏系统太阳电池组件的聚光系统,并对在其聚光条件下,太阳电池的电流电压特性进行测试,结果表明,该菲涅尔线聚焦棱镜能有效提高太阳电池的单位输出功率.模具的机械加工精度和光学抛光精度低,是造成其部分聚光率损失的原因.     

用于太阳光泵浦激光的抛物面环形阵列聚光器

为研制适用于太阳光直接泵浦激光器的聚能系统,在分析菲涅尔透镜聚光原理及缺陷的基础上,提出抛物面环形阵列聚光器的设计方法。完成了由抛物面环形阵列聚光器、菲涅尔透镜及复合抛物面聚光器（CPC）组成的太阳光泵浦激光器二级聚能方案,并与传统菲涅尔透镜方案进行了对比。光线追迹仿真分析表明:新型聚光器能够克服传统菲涅尔透镜的色散、小棱镜面像差及光线遮挡的缺陷,从而提高聚能效,使用抛物面环形阵列聚光器的多级聚能方案较传统菲涅尔透镜的多级聚能方案聚光比提高约18.5%,更适合于大相对孔径、高聚光比聚光场合的应用。     

Solar pumped Nd:YAG laser

We report the high efficiency of solar pumped laser. The sunlight is concentrated by the concentrator system, which is composed by the Fresnel lens and the cone-channel condenser. The power density of sunlight concentrated by the concentrator system surpasses the lasing threshold for pumping laser. In the experiment, the sunlight concentrated is coupled into the conical chamber pumping Nd:YAG laser media. Laser output of 3.5 W has been achieved; the collect efficiency is 3.5 W/m². The conversion efficiency is 1.0% from solar power into laser, and the slope efficiency is achieved 1.86%.     

像面照度均匀的环带式菲涅尔透镜设计

为了解决太阳光经传统菲涅尔聚光镜聚光后太阳能电池接收面上的光强分布不均匀问题,设计了一种环带式菲涅尔聚光镜。根据菲涅尔环带设计方法,把接收面划分为与之对应的环带,使光线在经过菲涅尔聚光镜的表面环带后进入相应的接受面环带,减少了光能损失并提高了光强分布均匀性。给出了在350 nm ~760 nm波段范围内太阳张角角度为0.54°、口径200 mm、高宽比为0.65、聚光比为400的菲涅尔聚光系统设计实例,通过Tracepro模拟并分析了菲涅尔聚光镜的光学能力。结果表明:在接收面尺寸相同的情况下与参数相同的的传统匀光菲涅尔聚光镜相比,此环带菲涅尔透镜光斑能量分布均匀性达到75%。     

新型菲涅尔线聚光太阳电池组件特性分析

以PMMA为材料,采用热压成型工艺加工线聚焦菲涅尔聚光棱镜,对在其聚光条件下不同入射角度情况下太阳电池的电流电压特性进行测试,结果表明:该菲涅尔线聚焦棱镜能有效提高太阳电池的单位输出功率,而且具有比较宽泛的集光角的特性,基本满足实际应用的要求.     

用于光伏系统新型菲涅耳线聚焦聚光透镜设计

根据边缘光线原理,优化设计太阳电池及光伏系统的菲涅耳线聚焦聚光透镜.设计光学聚光率为18×,可用于空间、地面光伏系统的聚光系统.分析了其集光角特性,表明该菲涅耳线聚焦棱镜具有大的集光角(±7°).     

Parameter optimization of solar modules based on lens concentrators of radiation and cascade photovoltaic converters

Two main issues governing the design of a solar concentrator module with triple-junction nano-heterostructure photovoltaic converters (PVCs) are considered: the effective concentration of radiation using Fresnel lenses and effective heat removal from PVCs. By theoretically and experimentally simulating these processes, the design parameters of module’ s elements are determined. A test batch of full-size modules has been fabricated. Each module consists of a front panel of small-size Fresnel lenses (a total of 144 lenses arranged as a 12 × 12 array) and the corresponding number of multilayer InGaP/GaAs/Ge PVCs. The PVCs are mounted on heat-distributing plates and are also integrated into a panel. The efficiency of the concentrator module with a 0.5 × 0.5-m entrance aperture measured under outdoor conditions is 24.3%, which is more than twice as high as the efficiency of standard (concentrator-free) silicon modules. In smaller test modules, the efficiency corrected for the PVC standard temperature (25° C) reaches 26.5%.     

基于SolTrace的线性菲涅尔式聚光器建模与仿真

利用几何光学原理推导了线性菲涅尔式聚光器在SolTrace软件中建模所需参数的计算公式，给出了建模方法。结果表明，对于反射镜列数为21列、宽度为0.38 m、长度为4 m，复合抛物面聚光器(CPC)最大接受半角为45°，接收器距反射镜所在平面5.3 m的线性菲涅式聚光器，随着太阳入射角的增大，集热管表面能流密度逐渐增大且分布更均匀；当太阳入射角大于40°后，能流密度和均匀度趋于稳定；CPC为渐开线+cusp reflector曲线比渐开线+抛物线的集热管表面能流密度更大且分布更均匀。该结果对线性菲涅尔式聚光器的推广应用具有指导意义。     

Optical efficiency of solar concentrators by a reverse optical path method

A method for the optical characterization of a solar concentrator, based on the reverse illumination by a Lambertian source and measurement of intensity of light projected on a far screen, has been developed. It is shown that the projected light intensity is simply correlated to the angle-resolved efficiency of a concentrator, conventionally obtained by a direct illumination procedure. The method has been applied by simulating simple reflective nonimaging and Fresnel lens concentrators.     

An Investigation of the Influence of Secondary Optical Elements on the Output Parameters of Photovoltaic Modules

Technical Physics - Secondary optical concentrators (focons) designed to operate in a solar concentrator photovoltaic module with Fresnel lenses have been developed and investigated. Both...     

平板型太阳能聚光器的无漏光设计

针对平板型太阳能聚光器中出现的漏光问题,提出了无漏光聚光器的设计方法.该方法结合简单的数学计算与折射定律、反射定律推导出光线在光波导板中无漏光传播的最大距离理论公式,建立了无漏光聚光比与空气隙结构张角角度、主聚光器高度和宽度之间的数学模型,利用控制变量法分析了无漏光聚光比与各参数之间的关系.运用光线追迹软件对所设计的平板型无漏光太阳能聚光器进行光线追迹模拟,结果表明:在模拟光源选择存在0.27°的发散半角的太阳光源条件下,考虑光线在透射面处的菲涅耳损失和光学材料的吸收,在无漏光范围内实际最大聚光比达到698×、857×和1 032×时的聚光效率分别为88.2%、85.3%和80.2%;超过无漏光范围后随着聚光比进一步增大聚光效率下降较平缓.     

High-Efficiency Photovoltaic Modules with Solar Concentrators

Technical Physics - The results of research and development of solar concentrator photovoltaic modules with an area of 0.5 m2 based on Fresnel lenses with secondary solar concentrators in the form...     

Solar radiation concentrators paired with multijunction photoelectric converters in ground-based solar power plants (part I)

We have developed a method for determining parameters of radiation concentrator in solar power plants. To estimate the efficiency of concentrators in the form of Fresnel lenses in setups with three-junction photoelectric converters, the concept of the efficiency of the concentrator–photoelectric converter pair has been introduced. We have proposed a method for calculating the refracting profile of concentrators taking into account the dispersion relation for the refractive index and its variations with temperature for the material of the refracting profile of the concentrator (Wacker RT604 silicone compound). The results of calculation make it possible to achieve the maximal efficiency of the concentrator–photoelectric converter pair in the presence of chromatic aberrations in the optical system of solar radiation concentration.     

基于棱镜二次聚光的高倍聚光模组聚光特性与三结电池光谱响应匹配与优化

目前Ⅲ-Ⅴ多结高倍聚光(HCPV)太阳电池实验室效率记录已高达46%,而相对应的模组效率与之相差仍较大,其中由于模组中聚光非理想性引起的损失就高达20%.本文通过建立光学模型和非均匀光照的三维电池电路网络模型,以Ⅲ-Ⅴ族三结电池为例,研究了菲涅耳透镜一次聚光、棱镜二次聚光的HCPV模组的聚光特性和光电特性.结果发现.由于光线非平行入射和-菲涅耳透镜的色散现象,使得沿光轴方向短、中、长波段聚光发散及聚光不均匀,从而造成了三结电池的上、中、下各子电池光谱响应失配损失,模组光电转换性能下降;进一步,通过采用棱镜二次聚光,能较好地改善聚光和温度均匀性;通过对光轴方向上短、中、长波段的聚光特性与三结电池光谱响应匹配优化,使得模组输出功率提高10%以上.模拟结果己得到实验验证.     

III-V compounds for solar cell applications

Research activities in the field of III-V solar cells are reviewed. III-V compound semiconductors are used for space solar cells, concentrator solar cells, and in thermophotovoltaic generators. The epitaxial growth of ternary and quaternary material by MOVPE and LPE allows us to realize various band gaps. Multi-junction solar cells with different band gaps are necessary to obtain efficiencies larger than 30%. Recent results of the III-V solar cell research at the Fraunhofer ISE are presented. A mechanically stacked GaAs/GaSb tandem concentrator solar cell achieved an efficiency of 31.1% under 100×AM1.5d. An efficiency of 23% for a two-terminal concentrator module (486 cm²) with Fresnel lenses has been measured under realistic outdoor conditions. Received: 1 March 1999 / Accepted: 28 March 1999 / Published online: 24 June 1999     

Improvement in solar-pumped Nd:YAG laser beam brightness

Solar-pumped solid-state lasers are promising for renewable extreme-temperature material processing. Here we report a large improvement in solar laser beam brightness by pumping a thin Nd:YAG single crystal rod. A fused silica light guide of 14 mm×22 mm rectangular cross-section is used to both transmit and homogenize the concentrated solar radiation from the focal zone of a 2.88 m² parabolic mirror to the entrance aperture of a modified 2D-CPC flooded pump cavity, within which a 4 mm diameter rod is efficiently pumped. 2.2% slope efficiency is reached. Laser beam brightness figure of merit B is three times higher than that of the most recent solar-pumped Nd:YAG laser by a Fresnel lens. The introduction of the rectangular cross-section light guide has also ensured a much more stable laser emission than previous pumping schemes.     

Solar radiation concentrators paired with multijunction photoelectric converters in ground-based solar power plants (Part II)

The present work is devoted to determining the conditions of the joint operation of photoelectric converter–solar concentrator pairs, which are used in solar power plants with concentrators. Three-cascade photoconverters based on A³B⁵ materials with different distributions of solar radiation in spectral ranges are studied. Concentrators of solar radiation are designed as the Fresnel lenses with silicon-on-glass structure. Refractive lens profile fabricated on the basis of Wacker RT604 silicone rubber is characterized by significant changes in refractive index with temperature. The effect of geometric parameters of the Fresnel lenses and their operating temperature on characteristics of solar radiation concentration in specified spectral intervals have been examined. The parameters of concentrators being paired with a photoelectric converter, which may ensure the efficient functioning of the solar power plant, have been calculated.     

开放光路TDLAS气体检测系统光学接收组件设计

针对开放光路TDLAS(可调谐半导体激光吸收光谱技术)气体检测系统中,由于角反射器在生产及使用过程中表面光洁度下降及大气传输扰动造成回波信号入射方向与接收透镜光轴非严格平行,从而导致系统探测灵敏度下降的问题,分析回波信号与菲涅尔透镜光轴夹角不同时的汇聚点偏移量,设计了由圆锥体反射器和抛物面反射器组成的二次光学元件,并运用TracePro光学软件对其参数进行优化。在回波光线-6°~6°入射角偏差范围条件下对优化设计的光学接收组件进行聚光特性模拟。模拟结果表明:优化设计的光学接收组件接收角为4.9°,光学效率为78.24%,与单独菲涅尔透镜及菲涅尔透镜-复合抛物面聚光器(CPC)光学接收组件相比聚光性能明显提高,适用于实际检测过程。     

Design of a solar concentrator combining paraboloidal and hyperbolic mirrors using ray tracing method

A solar concentrator combining primary paraboloidal and secondary hyperboloidal mirrors is numerically designed by using the ray tracing method to obtain higher concentration ratio when the concentrator tracing error exists. It is found that, when the concentrator tracing errors are 0.5° or 1°, the concentration ratios are about 2027 or 1220 without the detector in the radial-direction, and the concentration ratios are about 5447 or 4701 with the detector in the radial-direction. It is shown that such method can increase the concentration solar flux by two folds when the concentrator tracing error exists. Obviously, it is an effective method to reduce the effect of concentrator tracing error even when the angle of concentrator tracing error is considered. In addition, when the angle of concentrator tracing error is small than 1°, a set of mirror shapes is suggested where the primary mirror has a f-number of 0.22 and the secondary mirror has a numerical aperture (NA) of 0.61.