A parametric study of characteristics of concentrating PV modules

International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 57-62

  Gao, Yibing ^a   Huang, Hulin ^a   Su, Yuehong ^b   Riffat, Saffa B ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air cooling; Characteristics; Concentrating photovoltaic (PV); Water cooling

Indexed keywords

AIR COOLING; APERTURE AREA; CHARACTERISTICS; CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC; CONCENTRATING PV; CONCENTRATION RATIO; COOLING METHODS; NATURAL CONVECTION COOLING; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; POWER OUT PUT; PV MODULES; WATER COOLING;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NATURAL CONVECTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WATER COOLING SYSTEMS;

COOLING;

EID: 79551709180     PISSN: 17481317     EISSN: 17481325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijlct/ctq002     Document Type: Article

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