The impact of cooling on cell temperature and the practical solar concentration limits for photovoltaics

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1250-1257

  Ho, Tony ^a   Mao, Samuel S ^a   Greif, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High concentrator photovoltaics; Solar energy; Two phase cooling

Indexed keywords

CELL TEMPERATURE; CONCENTRATION LIMITS; CONTROLLING FACTORS; COOLING ANALYSIS; COOLING DESIGNS; COOLING DEVICES; COOLING MECHANISM; EXTERNAL COOLING; HEAT REMOVAL; IMPINGING JET; LIQUID IMMERSION; MASS FLOW RATE; MICROCHANNEL COOLING; ORGANIC FLUID; PHOTOVOLTAICS; REFERENCE DATA; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; THEORETICAL MODELS; TWO-PHASE COOLING; WORKING FLUID;

AMMONIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUIDS; HEAT RESISTANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

COOLING;

EID: 80054999785     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1778     Document Type: Article

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