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Design Fabrication, and Initial Characterization of a 13 kWe Metal-Halide and Xenon Short-Arc Lamp High-Flux Solar Simulator with Adjustable Concentration Profiles Using a Horizontally-Translating Central Lamp

Ferreira, Alexander Vence
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1690981585343188

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2023, Master of Science (M.S.), University of Dayton, Mechanical Engineering.
A novel, low cost, high flux solar simulator has been designed and built for the University to be able to undergo research on systems that need testing under high temperature solar irradiation. This simulator will feature four 2500W metal halide bulbs focused with elliptical reflectors, as well as one horizontally translating central 3000W Xenon short-arc lamp with a parabolic reflector and a convex lens acting as a secondary concentrator. To aid in the design, alignment, and characterization of the simulator a detailed Monte Carlo Ray Tracing suite has been developed. These models show that the simulator can produce a flux of 4.5kW/m^2 or around 4500 suns.
Andrew Schrader, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Robert Gill (Committee Member)
Hagan Evan Bush, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Rydge Mulford, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
59 p.
Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Systems Design; Technology
High-Flux Solar Simulators; HFSS; Xenon Short-Arc Lamp; Metal-Halide Lamp; Elliptical Reflector; Parabolic Reflector; Concentrating lens; Monte Carlo Ray Tracing; MCRT; Concentrated Solar Power; CSP

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  • Ferreira, A. V. (2023). Design Fabrication, and Initial Characterization of a 13 kWe Metal-Halide and Xenon Short-Arc Lamp High-Flux Solar Simulator with Adjustable Concentration Profiles Using a Horizontally-Translating Central Lamp [Master's thesis, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1690981585343188

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ferreira, Alexander. Design Fabrication, and Initial Characterization of a 13 kWe Metal-Halide and Xenon Short-Arc Lamp High-Flux Solar Simulator with Adjustable Concentration Profiles Using a Horizontally-Translating Central Lamp. 2023. University of Dayton, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1690981585343188.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ferreira, Alexander. "Design Fabrication, and Initial Characterization of a 13 kWe Metal-Halide and Xenon Short-Arc Lamp High-Flux Solar Simulator with Adjustable Concentration Profiles Using a Horizontally-Translating Central Lamp." Master's thesis, University of Dayton, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1690981585343188

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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