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for what do we use solar concentrators? explain its different types? ​

Answer 1

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There are two major classes of solar concentrators: imaging and non-imaging. Imaging concentrators are called imaging because they produce an optical image of the sun on the receiver. Non-imaging concentrators do not produce such an image, but rather disperse the light from the sun over the whole area of the receiver

Answer 2

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The solar concentrators used in CSP systems can often also be used to provide industrial process heating or cooling, such as in solar air conditioning. Concentrating technologies exist in four optical types, namely parabolic trough, dish, concentrating linear Fresnel reflector, and solar power tower.They are the different types of solar concentrator:-

#Cylindrical parabolic solar concentrators (2D hubs). These parabolic trough concentrators have a unique curvature. This system gets average temperatures between 200-300 degrees Celsius.

#The paraboloid revolution solar concentrators that have a double bend (3D hubs). These systems allow temperatures even higher than 3200 kelvin.

#Concentrator photovoltaics uses lenses or curved mirrors to focus sunlight onto small, highly efficient solar cells.

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