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Example of nonimaging optics designed to channel light from led sideways. Historically, nonimaging optics that work as ideal concentrators have been discovered through such heuristic ideas as edge ray involutes, string method, simultaneous multiple surface, and tailored edge ray concentrator, without a. Introduction to nonimaging optics pdf free download epdf. John koshel editor this book brings together experts in the field who present material on a number of important and growing topics including lighting, displays, solar concentrators. Nonimaging optics departs from the methods of traditional optical design to develop instead techniques for maximizing the collecting power of concentrating elements and systems. Efficient design for illumination and solar concentration xii, 957208. The relatively young field of nonimaging optics is an ideal tool for designing optimized solar. This book is organized into 11 chapters that emphasize the application of nonimaging optics to concentrators for solar energy. Lakshminarayanan 8 19 february 2010 university of waterloo waterloo. Pdf nonimaging optics is the theory of thermodynamically efficient optics and as such, depends more on thermodynamics than on optics. Designs which exceed the concentration attainable with focusing techniques by factors of four or more and approach the theoretical limit are possible ideal concentrators. The field of nonimaging optics got its start in the. Nonimaging optics nonimaging opticsroland winston university of california, merced, cajuan c. Pdf hybrid solar collector using nonimaging optics and.

Hybrid solar collector using nonimaging optics and photovoltaic components, proc. The term nonimaging optics is concerned with applications where imaging formation is not important but where effective and efficient collection, concentration, transport and distribution of light energy is i. Nonimaging optics is the theory of thermodynamically efficient optics and as such, depends more on thermodynamics than on optics. Pdf nonimaging optics is the theory of thermodynamically efficient optics and as such. This fully updated, revised, and expanded second edition. Features a new and intuitive introduction with a basic description of the advantages of nonimaging opticsadds new chapters on wavefronts for a prescribed output irradiance or intensity, infinitesimal etendue optics generalization of the aplanatic optics, and kohler optics and color. Introduction to nonimaging optics chaves, julio download. Provide spherical aberration free transfer however, there can be coma defects. Nonimaging optics focuses on problems of efficient light transfer without constrain of image formation. Historically, nonimaging optics that work as ideal concentrators have been discovered. High collection nonimaging optics covers the many developments and the wider range of applications of nonimaging optics.