Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0454195

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0454195

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A 60% efficient solar microconcentrator for electricity and hot water. The aim of this project is to develop a microconcentrator for deployment on house roofs that will produce both solar hot water and solar electricity with a combined efficiency above 60%. The system will have a low profile and will be nearly invisible from the street. The system will track the sun. Concentration will be accomplished by a mixture of refraction and reflection. About 20% of the sunlight will be converted to electricity using lines of tiny solar cells, with the balance being converted to heat which is removed by cooling fluid and stored in hot water tanks.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2005

End Date: 31-12-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $300,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Engineering | Environmental Technologies | Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Solar-thermal | Solar-photoelectric |

Other Keywords

Electrical Engineering | Environmental Engineering | Environmental Technologies | Mechanical Engineering | Solar-photoelectric | Solar-thermal

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