Studies of Prism V-Shaped Stationary Concentrators with Spherical Generators

A mathematical model is investigated and constructed that uses the class of V-shaped prism concentrators with curvilinear generators. The surface of the concentration variation and the dependence of the reflective surface curvature under changes in the apex and base angles of the reflector of the concentrator are obtained. It is shown that the use of ^-shaped curvilinear prism cones allows a considerable reduction of the height of a prism cone (21%) with an insignificant decrease in the concentration degree (2.5%). In the remaining cases, the application of this class of prism cones with rectilinear generators is sufficient.