An effective heat dissipation method for densely packed solar cells under high concentrations

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-140

  Zhu, Li ^a   Wang, Yiping ^a   Fang, Zhenlei ^a   Sun, Yong ^a   Huang, Qunwu ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Concentrated solar cells; Dielectric liquid immersion; Heat dissipation

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATIONS; CONCENTRATED SOLAR CELLS; CONCENTRATION RATIO; CONTACT HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEAT DISSIPATION; HEAT REMOVAL; HEAT TRANSFER RESISTANCE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; IMMERSION COOLING; LIGHT DENSITY; LIQUID TEMPERATURE; MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; MODULE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION RESULT; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING SYSTEMS; DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SOLAR CELLS;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

EID: 72149085722     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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