Numerical investigations of solar cell temperature for photovoltaic concentrator system with and without passive cooling arrangements

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2514-2521

  Natarajan, Sendhil Kumar ^a   Mallick, Tapas Kumar ^a   Katz, Matty ^b   Weingaertner, Simon ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Solecta Ltd   (Israel)

^c IMOS Gubela GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell temperature correlation; Cooling fins; PV concentrator; Solar cell temperature

Indexed keywords

2-D MODEL; A-THERMAL; CELL TEMPERATURE; CONCENTRATING PV; CONCENTRATION RATIO; CONCENTRATOR SYSTEMS; COOLING FINS; INFLUENCING PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PASSIVE COOLING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONCENTRATOR SYSTEM; PV CONCENTRATOR; SOLAR CELL TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION INTENSITY; THERMAL MODEL; UNIFIED MODEL;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FORCED CONVECTION; RADIATION EFFECTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 80052732700     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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