Using CAD software to simulate PV energy yield: Predicting the charge yield of solar cells incorporated into a PV powered consumer product under 3D-irradiation conditions

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 001291-001296

  Reich, N H ^a   Van Sark, W G J H M ^a   Reinders, A H M E ^b   De Wit, H ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D OBJECT; ACCURACY LEVEL; CAD SOFTWARES; CHARGE-YIELD; COMPUTATIONAL PERFORMANCE; ENERGY YIELDS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INNOVATIVE METHOD; IRRADIATION CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; POWER OUT PUT; PV ENERGY; PV POWERED; RED GREEN BLUES; RENDERED IMAGES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE FUNCTIONALITY; SOFTWARE USE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D);

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; IRRADIATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RADIATION DAMAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 77951579362     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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