Field experience with performances evaluation of a single-crystalline photovoltaic panel in an underwater environment

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2492-2498

  Lanzafame, Rosario ^a   Nachtmann, Silvia ^b   Rosa Clot, Marco ^b   Rosa Clot, Paolo ^b   Scandura, Pier Francesco ^c   Taddei, Stefano ^b,d   Tina, Giuseppe M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Scienza Industria Tecnologia Srl (SIT) Pisa   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell temperature; Photovoltaic (PV); Spectral absorption; Spectral efficiency; Water

Indexed keywords

CELL TEMPERATURE; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FIELD EXPERIENCE; GLOBAL ENERGY; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCES EVALUATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PRESENCE OF WATER; PV MODULES; RADIATION SPECTRA; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SOLAR PANELS; SPECTRAL ABSORPTION; SPECTRAL ABSORPTIONS; SPECTRAL EFFICIENCIES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENTS; WATER DEPTH;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 77953604067     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2035489     Document Type: Article

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