caa a22 4500 463193555 CHVBK 20180406164915.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10973-005-7493-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10973-005-7493-y Thermalmanagement for a poly(methyl acrylate) optical fiber in solar lighting [Elektronische Daten] [M. Tekelioglu, B. Wood] We present a 3-D thermal analysis of a poly(methyl acrylate) optical fiber to select a method to prevent thermal degradation (TD) of the fiber. Such poly(methyl acrylate)-core optical fibers have been realized in many solar lighting applications. We give the radial and axial temperature distributions on the entrance region of the optical fiber for two solar collector designs and five different preventive methods. The simulation results showed that attachment of a fused quartz rod to the fiber entrance region was an efficient low-cost way to protect the optical fiber. A temperature was predicted for the deformed fiber entrance region of the experimental results from the simulations. Springer-Verlag, 2007 poly(methyl acrylate) nationallicence solar lighting nationallicence thermal degradation nationallicence Tekelioglu M. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, NV 89557, Reno, USA aut Wood B. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University, UT 84322, Logan, USA aut Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Springer Netherlands 87/2(2007-01-01), 529-537 1388-6150 87:2<529 2007 87 10973 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-005-7493-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-005-7493-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tekelioglu M. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, NV 89557, Reno, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wood B. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University, UT 84322, Logan, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Springer Netherlands 87/2(2007-01-01), 529-537 1388-6150 87:2<529 2007 87 10973 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer