State of the Art of Radiation-Matter Interaction Models Applied for the Optical Characterization of Concentrating Solar Collectors
Abstract
The optical modelling of concentrating solar collectors is nowadays of great importance for a variety of applications. In this study two major goals have been achieved: First, the current market of materials for solar thermal applications was reviewed; and second, the most commonly used optical models for radiation- matter interaction were summarized. In the future, the study could be interesting for ray tracing implementations in order to adequately simulate solar concentrating or PVT collectors, which employ innovative materials and show more sensitive behavior towards incidence angle and wavelength dependent input.
Keywords
Monte-carlo ray tracing, Optical modelling, Solar concentrating collectors, Pvt, Coatings