Exergy efficiency of a solar photovoltaic array based on exergy destructions

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 224, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 813-825

  Sarhaddi, F ^a   Farahat, S ^a   Ajam, H ^a   Behzadmehr, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SISTAN AND BALUCHESTAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

exergy destruction; exergy efficiency; solar photovoltaic array

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PARAMETERS; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERGY DESTRUCTIONS; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; EXERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HEAT LOSS COEFFICIENTS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PV ARRAYS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS;

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; HEAT LOSSES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

EXERGY;

EID: 77956581093     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09576509JPE890     Document Type: Article

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