Development of a Low-Cost Extrusion-Embossing Process for a Linear Fresnel Lens Photovoltaic Concentration

摘要

Results of efforts to fabricate linear Fresnel lens using a low-cost extrusion-embossing process indicated that the extrusion-embossing process will be difficult to adapt to the manufacture of efficient lenses. Lenses produced in pilot runs acheived only 72% optical efficiency at 25X geometric concentration ratio, compared to 87% for lenses made by casting or Lensfilm processes. A highly accurate, yet simple, outdoor focal plane flux profile test apparatus was developed that can be used to qualify new lenses and to check the quality of production lenses. (ERA citation 09:049626)