Modeling and experimental evaluation of passive heat sinks for miniature high-flux photovoltaic concentrators

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 138-145

  Sun, Jian ^a   Israeli, Tomer ^b   Reddy, T Agami ^a   Scoles, Kevin ^c   Gordon, Jeffrey M ^b   Feuermann, Daniel ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CIRCUITRY; MINI-DISHES; SOLAR FLUX; SOLAR SIMULATORS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; FIBER OPTICS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

HEAT SINKS;

EID: 14844297110     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1785799     Document Type: Article

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