Some results of the EUCLIDES photovoltaic concentrator prototype

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-212

  Luque, A ^a,c   Sala, G ^a   Arboiro, J C ^a,b   Bruton, T ^b   Cunningham, D ^b   Mason, N ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

^b Polytechnic University of Madrid ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; CURVE FITTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CONCENTRATORS;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 0031140685     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199705/06)5:3<195::AID-PIP166>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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