Thomas Cooper, Posdoctoral Fellow
| Jan/23 | Mon | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 1-246 |
| Jan/27 | Fri | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 1-246 |
| Jan/30 | Mon | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 1-246 |
| Feb/03 | Fri | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 1-246 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/13
Limited to 15 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Please bring a laptop; knowledge of Solidworks is an asset
An Introduction to Nonimaging Optics
Build your own solar concentrator! In this short interactive course, the subject of nonimaging optics will be introduced, with a focus on its application to solar energy collection. The course will consist of four sessions, each comprising a one-hour lecture, followed by a two-hour hands-on tutorial session where participants will 3D print their own solar concentrator prototype! On the last session, the solar concentrators will be tested to reveal who achieved the best concentrator design!
ENROLL HERE: https://goo.gl/forms/rOZrMTEv27UEArO73
Session 1: Fundamentals of nonimaging optics
What is nonimaging optics?
Conservation of étendue
The edge-ray principle
Thermodynamics of solar concentration
PROJECT: Problem statement and preliminary optical design
Session 2: Solar concentrator design
Nonparabolic solar concentrators
Nonimaging secondary concentrators with imaging primaries
Design of secondaries: the CPC, CEC, trumpet, tailored edge-ray concentrator
Aplanatic optics
PROJECT: Preliminary optical design due
Session 3: Non-tracking solar concentrators
Maximum concentration for one- and two-axis trackers
Source/acceptance map matching
Maximum concentration for non-tracking solar concentrators
Design of non-tracking solar concentrators
PROJECT: Ray-tracing simulation; preparation of 3D printed prototype
Session 4: Performance assessment
Solar concentrator modeling and testing
PROJECT: Live testing of solar concentrator prototypes
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Thomas Cooper, 7-006, 617 253-7488, COOPERT@MIT.EDU