Pravettoni, Mauro and Barbato, Maurizio and Cooper, Thomas and Pedretti, Andrea and Ambrosetti, Gianluca and Steinfeld, Aldo (2011) InPhoCUS (Inflated Photovoltaic Ultralight Mirror Concentrators): first results of the project and future perspectives. In: Dimroth, Frank and Kurtz, Sarah and Sala, Gabriel and Bett, Andreas W., (eds.) 7th International Conference on Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1407 . American Institute of Physics, pp. 154-157.
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InPhoCUS (Inflated PhotovoltaiC Ultra-light mirror concentratorS) is a concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) project funded by the Swiss Confederation’s Innovation Promotion Agency (CTI) and developed by Airlight Energy Holding SA, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. The proposed novel concentrating system has already been patented for concentrated solar power applications: it is made by unconventional pneumatic multilayer polymeric mirrors, has an innovative fibre-reinforced concrete structure and an original tilting mechanism to track the sun. The innovative CPV solar collector is profitable for electric power plants both for the sun-belt region and in the Mediterranean. In this paper the authors present the novel CPV system and preliminary results on cost analysis, optical design and thermal modelling.
| Item Type: | Chapter in book |
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| Subjects: | Physical sciences > Physics > Chemical physics > Solid-state physics Physical sciences > Astronomy > Solar & solar terrestrial physics |
| Department/unit: | Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design > Istituto sostenibilità applicata all'ambiente costruito |
| Depositing User: | Mauro Pravettoni |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Feb 2013 15:58 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Feb 2013 15:58 |
| URI: | http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/2032 |
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