CONCENTRATOR FOR EXTENDED INFRARED SOURCES

A COMPUTER MODEL WILL BE DEVELOPED USING A 1 KW PARABOLIC XENON LAMP AS THE BASE LINE. USING THIS BASE LINE, THE CONCENTRATOR DESIGN WILL BE INVESTIATED FOR OPTIMUM COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY AND UNIFORM SOURCE RADIATION IN A CORE ANGLE BETWEEN 5 AND 30 DEGREES. A COMBINATION OF REFLECTIVE AND TRANSMISSIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION FOR PURPOSES OF IMPROVING BEAM DISTRIBUTION AND UNIFORMITY. DATA WILL INCLUDE BEAM PROFILE, PLOT DIAGRAM, RAY TABLE AND THE OTICS TABLE. THE OPTIMUM DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS WILL BE TABULATED AND A LAMP CONSTRUCTED UTILIZING THESE CONSIDERATIONS. THE MODIFIED LAMP WILL BE TESTED AND THE TEST RESULTS COMPARED WITH THE BASE LINE TO DETERMINE OVERALL IMPROVEMENT REALIZED. THE LAMPS WITH THE DATA TAKEN AND A FINAL REPORT WILL BE DELIVERABLE ITEMS AS PART OF THIS PHASE I WORK.