These lenses have application in solar power such as focusing sunlight on a solar panel.
Fresnel lens and solar panel.
Fresnel lens using sunlight to heat water in water bottle.
Solar power concentrated photovoltaic systems.
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Such a lens can focus light on a small spot but does not produce a sharp image.
A fresnel lens is a lens with multiple refracting planes designed to improve the concentration of light coming from many different angles onto a single point or line.
By concentrating solar power onto solar cells they can increase the amount of sun striking the solar cell and allow a relatively small amount of silicon photovoltaic pv material to be used in large solar panels.
The students pulse pasteurization using a lens and solar energy method uses a fresnel lens which is essentially a large magnifying glass but thinner and lighter in weight and made of acrylic and sunlight to pasteurize water.