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Modelling and Experimental Validation of an Optical Fiber for Solar Devices

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In this paper it has been presented a numerical model of an optical fiber used in the solar applications.We discussed the overall thermo-mechanical design and the behaviour of the system, composed of the fiber and its holder. Starting from the geometrical choices and from the analyses of the selected fiber, the response of the device is computed via numerical simulations. The geometry shape and characteristics of the optical components are selected among commercially available optical fibers while the shaping of the aluminium component used as clamper is chosen in order to easily set up the laboratory measures. The calculated model has been validated by means of an experimental setup. The results are well suitable to design a device for the transmission of concentrated solar energy via an optical fiber.

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  1. DAFNE, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

    Maurizio Carlini & Andrea O. M. Tucci

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  1. L-I.S.U.T. - D.A.P.I.t. Facoltà Ingegneria, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100, Potenza, Italy

    Beniamino Murgante

  2. Covenant University, Canaanland, OTA, Nigeria

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  3. Partimento di Scienze e Tecnologie per LAgricoltura, le Foreste, la Natura e lEnergia, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis, snc, 01100, Viterbo, Italy

    Maurizio Carlini

  4. Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ingegneria Civile e dell’Architecttura, Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona, 4, 70125, Bari, Italy

    Carmelo M. Torre

  5. International University VNU-HCM, Quarter 6, Linh Trung, Thu Duc, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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  6. School of Business Systems, Monash University, 3800, Clayton, VIC, Australia

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  7. Department of Intelligent Informatics, Kyushu Sangyo University, 2-3-1 Matsukadai, Higashi-ku, 813-8503, Fukuoka, Japan

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Carlini, M., Tucci, A.O.M. (2013). Modelling and Experimental Validation of an Optical Fiber for Solar Devices. In: Murgante, B., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2013. ICCSA 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7972. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39643-4_14

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