Details of Grant 

EPSRC Reference:	EP/F027451/1
Title:	A feasibility study for a new approach to designing non-tracking solar concentrators
Principal Investigator:	McCulloch, Professor M
Other Investigators:	Ockendon, Dr J
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Department:	Engineering Science
Organisation:	University of Oxford
Scheme:	Standard Research
Starts:	01 October 2007	Ends:	30 September 2008	Value (£):	107,190
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Solar Technology
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Energy
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Panel History:	Panel Date Panel Name Outcome 01 Aug 2007 Energy Feasibility Studies Announced
Summary on Grant Application Form
Solar concentrators are attractive because they can produce a higher yield of energy at a lower cost for both solar-thermal and solar-photovoltaic applications. All current designs have significant drawbacks, but we believe that we have an entirely new method for determining and designing solar concentrators optimised for any latitude or common weather conditions. Our aim is to use mathematical approaches to help design an efficient device which is cheap to manufacture and easy to integrate into a wide variety of buildings (domestic and commercial) and then to produce a prototype.
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