Numerical analysis of direct liquid-immersed solar cell cooling of a linear concentrating photovoltaic receiver

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3033-3038

  Han, Xinyue ^a,b   Everett, Vernie ^b   Wang, Yiping ^a   Zhu, Li ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC; CONCENTRATOR SOLAR CELLS; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FLUID FLOW; FLUID TEMPERATURES; IMMERSION LIQUIDS; INLET VELOCITY; LIQUID IMMERSION; OPTICAL CONCENTRATION RATIOS; T-SYSTEMS; THERMAL MANAGEMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; WORKING FLUID;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; DEIONIZED WATER; FLOW OF FLUIDS; INLET FLOW; LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 78650157347     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5614188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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