A feasibility study for a new approach to designing non-tracking solar concentrators

太阳能聚光器很有吸引力，因为它们可以以较低的成本产生更高的能量，无论是太阳能热能还是太阳能光伏应用。目前所有的设计都有明显的缺点，但我们相信我们有一种全新的方法来确定和设计适合任何纬度或常见天气条件的太阳能聚光器。我们的目标是使用数学方法来帮助设计一种高效的设备，该设备制造成本低，易于集成到各种建筑（家用和商用）中，然后生产原型。

Solar concentrators are attractive because they can produce a higher yield of energy at a lower cost for both solar-thermal and solar-photovoltaic applications. All current designs have significant drawbacks, but we believe that we have an entirely new method for determining and designing solar concentrators optimised for any latitude or common weather conditions. Our aim is to use mathematical approaches to help design an efficient device which is cheap to manufacture and easy to integrate into a wide variety of buildings (domestic and commercial) and then to produce a prototype.