Performance of a silicon photovoltaic module under enhanced illumination and selective filtration of incoming radiation with simultaneous cooling

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1439-1444

  Maiti, Subarna ^a   Vyas, Kairavi ^a   Ghosh, Pushpito K ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cooling; Enhanced solar insolation; Liquid optical filter; Photovoltaics; Power characteristics

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED SOLAR INSOLATION; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CHARACTERISTIC; SOLAR INSOLATION;

COOLING; COST REDUCTION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ABSORPTION; CONTROL SYSTEM; COOLING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FILTRATION; HEAT TRANSFER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SILICON; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 77954311511     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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