Optical design of a low-cost community-sized novel concentrator

以热能形式存储能量的系统比以电能形式存储能量的系统便宜好几倍 电池。热能将通过使用斯特林转换成机械/电力的形式 引擎。创新太阳能系统(ISP)方法将彻底改变以下国家的电力市场 很大的日晒。它还将使加拿大和美国偏远地区的低成本制造能源成为可能。这个 本方案的目标是设计最佳的社区规模的太阳能聚光器系统，同时具有成本和 以简单性为主要目标。ISP和Thibault教授团队将共同设计和优化新的 用于储能的多反射式太阳能聚光器的产生。这第一阶段的主要挑战是 提出了一种基于最优一阶和三阶光学的低成本、高效率的光学系统设计方法。

Energy storing system in the form of heat is several times cheaper then storing energy in electrical batteries. Thermal energy is going to be converted to mechanical/ electrical form by using Stirling engine. Innovative Solar System (ISP) approach will revolutionize electrical energy market in countries with big insolation. It will also allow low cost manufacturing energy in remote areas of Canada and USA. The objective of the present proposal is to design the best community-sized solar concentrator system with cost and simplicity as main target. Together, ISP and Professor Thibault team will design and optimise the new generation of multi-reflective solar concentrator for energy storing. The main challenge of this first phase is to develop a low cost and efficient approach for the optical system based on optimal first and third order optics.