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Building On The Ridge or V Trough Solar Concentrator Array

May 9, 2008 – 10:16 pm

A V trough solar concentrator array would look like the below, not shown is the solar tracker. This particular array has a 60 degree concentrator, with the reflector surface the same length as half the width of a solar panel. The yellow lines represent the sun and show the sun reflecting to the middle of [...]

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Ridge or V Trough Solar Concentrator

April 27, 2008 – 11:23 pm

A solar concentrator is a shiny surface that reflects sunlight on to a collector. One type of concentrator is a ridge or V trough In this diagram, the solar panel is 50mm wide, the angle of the reflector trough is 60 degrees and the reflector trough in 50mm. You can use the solar funnel calculator [...]

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