Modelización y simulación de la configuración de un campo solar para centrales termosolares de torre: influencia de la óptica del concentrador sobre la generación de energía

Las energías renovables como alternativa a las plantas de producción eléctrica tradicionales que utilizan combustibles fósiles, suponen hoy en día una solución a los problemas de dependencia energética, y emisiones de CO2 no deseadas a la atmósfera, habiéndose producido un fuerte desarrollo en la tecnología especialmente eólica y solar en la última década. Empresas como Abengoa, Acciona, Aries, ACWA, Sener, Brightsource entre otras, están apostando fuerte por la energía solar, y es concretamente dentro de la compañía Abengoa, dónde surge la propuesta de esta tesis doctoral. El estudio aquí realizado surge como resultado del trabajo desempeñado dentro del Departamento de Investigación y Desarrollo de Abengoa Solar New Technologies, y posteriormente dentro de Abengoa Research, empresa creada para concentrar el I+D de toda la compañía. El objetivo final consiste en optimizar las plantas solares termoeléctricas de torre, centrándonos en el campo de heliostatos (espejos) que lo componen y en su influencia sobre la producción eléctrica de la planta pudiendo así facilitar unas pautas de optimización del campo según el tipo de heliostato utilizado, y plantear una alternativa a la configuración de campos de heliostatos ya existente. Para ello, se estudian dos posibles escenarios, en el que se contemplan dos tipos de facetas diferentes, siendo las facetas las diferentes unidades o espejos por los que está constituido el heliostato. Un primer escenario que consiste en un campo de heliostatos con facetas esféricas, y un segundo escenario que consiste en heliostatos con facetas planas, estando dichas facetas en ambos casos canteadas esféricamente, es decir, orientadas su normales adecuadamente para que conformen una superficie “imaginaria”, lo más cercana posible a la esférica...

Spectrally tunable light source based on light-emitting diodes for custom lighting solutions

This study describes a novel spectral LED-based tunable light source used for customized lighting solutions, especially for the reconstruction of CIE (Commission Internationale de l’Éclairage) standard illuminants. The light source comprises 31 spectral bands ranging from 400 to 700 nm, an integrating cube and a control board with a 16-bit resolution. A minimization algorithm to calculate the weighting values for each channel was applied to reproduce illuminants with precision. The differences in spectral fitting and colorimetric parameters showed that the reconstructed spectra were comparable to the standard, especially for the D65, D50, A and E illuminants. Accurate results were also obtained for illuminants with narrow peaks such as fluorescents (F2 and F11) and a high-pressure sodium lamp (HP1). In conclusion, the developed spectral LED-based light source and the minimization algorithm are able to reproduce any CIE standard illuminants with a high spectral and colorimetric accuracy able to advance available custom lighting systems useful in the industry and other fields such as museum lighting.

Recreasaõ filozofica ou Dialogo sobre a filozofia natural, para instrucsaõ de pesoas curiozas, que naõ frequentáraõ as aulas /

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Elements of the branches of natural philosophy connected with medicine : viz, chemistry, optics, acoustics, hydrostatics, electricity, and physiology. Including the doctrine of the atmosphere, fire, phlogiston, water, &c. Together with Bergman's tables of elective attractions, with explanations and improvements /

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Entretiens mathématiques sur les nombres, l'Algébre, la Géométrie, la Trigonométrie rectiligne, l'Optique ... /

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Optice sive De reflexionibus, refractionibus, inflexionibus et coloribus lucis libri tres /

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Catalogue de instruments de physique, de chemie d'optique et de mathématiques de Deleuil.

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Los eruditos a la violeta, ó Curso completo de todas las ciencias, dividido en siete lecciones para los siete dias de la semana, con el Suplemento de este.

The main work was first published in 1772.

Opera mathematica R.P. Andreae Tacquet... e Societate Iesu / demonstrata et propugnata a Simone Laurentio Veterani ...

Contiene : Andreae Tacquet e Societate Iesu Geometria Practica Tribus libris comprehensa ; Andreae Tacquet e Societate Iesu Optica Tribus libris exposita ; Andreae Tacquet e Societate Iesu Catoptrica Tribus libris exposita ;Andreae Tacquet e Societate Iesu Arquitectura militaris; Andreae Tacquet e Societate Iesu Cylindrica et Annularia quinque libris comprehensa.

Multiwavelength fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation

Multiwavelength fiber laser is a perfect light source for future wavelength-division-multiplexing optical communication systems. A multiwavelength fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation with up to 18 wavelengths has been proposed and demonstrated. The intensity- and wavelength-dependent loss induced by nonlinear polarization rotation effect is used to alleviate the mode competition in the homogeneous broadening gain medium of erbium-doped fiber. Instead of traditional filters, a polarization-maintaining fiber is inserted into the laser cavity, with which the polarization-dependent isolator composes an equivalent Lyot birefringent fiber filter. The in-line birefringence fiber filter is used to simplify the laser configuration, which benefits systematic integration. The effect of the 980 nm pump power on the multiwavelength generation is investigated. It is shown that the pump power contributes a lot to the evenness of the multiwavelength spectra due to the intensity dependence of nonlinear polarization rotation effect.

Multiwavelength fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation

Multiwavelength fiber laser is a perfect light source for future wavelength-division-multiplexing optical communication systems. A multiwavelength fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation with up to 18 wavelengths has been proposed and demonstrated. The intensity- and wavelength-dependent loss induced by nonlinear polarization rotation effect is used to alleviate the mode competition in the homogeneous broadening gain medium of erbium-doped fiber. Instead of traditional filters, a polarization-maintaining fiber is inserted into the laser cavity, with which the polarization-dependent isolator composes an equivalent Lyot birefringent fiber filter. The in-line birefringence fiber filter is used to simplify the laser configuration, which benefits systematic integration. The effect of the 980 nm pump power on the multiwavelength generation is investigated. It is shown that the pump power contributes a lot to the evenness of the multiwavelength spectra due to the intensity dependence of nonlinear polarization rotation effect.

Líneas de investigación experimentales del grupo de dinámica no lineal y fibras ópticas del Instituto de Óptica "Daza de Valdes del CSIC"

Se presenta y describen las líneas de trabajo experimentales que se vienen cultivando en el Grupo de investigación en Dinámica no Lineal y Fibras ópticas, recientemente creado en el Instituto de Óptica del CSIC. We present the experimental lines developed in last years in the Nonlinear Dynamics and Fiber Optics Group (NDFO) of the Optics Institute "Daza de Valdés" (IO-CSIC). © Sociedad Española de Óptica.

Um sistema inteligente de teleoftalmologia para o auxílio no diagnóstico de catarata

The increasing in world population, with higher proportion of elderly, leads to an increase in the number of individuals with vision loss and cataracts are one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. Cataract is an eye disease that is the partial or total opacity of the crystalline lens (natural lens of the eye) or its capsule. It can be triggered by several factors such as trauma, age, diabetes mellitus, and medications, among others. It is known that the attendance by ophthalmologists in rural and poor areas in Brazil is less than needed and many patients with treatable diseases such as cataracts are undiagnosed and therefore untreated. In this context, this project presents the development of OPTICA, a system of teleophthalmology using smartphones for ophthalmic emergencies detection, providing a diagnostic aid for cataract using specialists systems and image processing techniques. The images are captured by a cellphone camera and along with a questionnaire filled with patient information are transmitted securely via the platform Mobile SANA to a online server that has an intelligent system available to assist in the diagnosis of cataract and provides ophthalmologists who analyze the information and write back the patient’s report. Thus, the OPTICA provides eye care to the poorest and least favored population, improving the screening of critically ill patients and increasing access to diagnosis and treatment.

Resonance fluorescence spectrum of a \Lambda-type quantum emitter close to a metallic nanoparticle

We theoretically study the resonance fluorescence spectrum of a three-level quantum emitter coupled to a spherical metallic nanoparticle. We consider the case that the quantum emitter is driven by a single laser field along one of the optical transitions. We show that the development of the spectrum depends on the relative orientation of the dipole moments of the optical transitions in relation to the metal nanoparticle. In addition, we demonstrate that the location and width of the peaks in the spectrum are strongly modified by the exciton-plasmon coupling and the laser detuning, allowing to achieve controlled strongly subnatural spectral line. A strong antibunching of the fluorescent photons along the undriven transition is also obtained. Our results may be used for creating a tunable source of photons which could be used for a probabilistic entanglement scheme in the field of quantum information processing.

Principal Component Analysis of Results Obtained from Finite-Difference Time-Domain Algorithms

Finite-Differences Time-Domain (FDTD) algorithms are well established tools of computational electromagnetism. Because of their practical implementation as computer codes, they are affected by many numerical artefact and noise. In order to obtain better results we propose using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) based on multivariate statistical techniques. The PCA has been successfully used for the analysis of noise and spatial temporal structure in a sequence of images. It allows a straightforward discrimination between the numerical noise and the actual electromagnetic variables, and the quantitative estimation of their respective contributions. Besides, The GDTD results can be filtered to clean the effect of the noise. In this contribution we will show how the method can be applied to several FDTD simulations: the propagation of a pulse in vacuum, the analysis of two-dimensional photonic crystals. In this last case, PCA has revealed hidden electromagnetic structures related to actual modes of the photonic crystal.