Experimental characterisation of a Fresnel lens photovoltaic concentrating system

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 430-440

  Wu, Yupeng ^a   Eames, Philip ^b   Mallick, Tapas ^c   Sabry, Mohamed ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fresnel lens PV Concentrator; Natural and forced convection; Thermal characterisation

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE; CELL TEMPERATURE; CONCENTRATION RATIO; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FRESNEL LENS; LONG WAVES; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR RADIATION INTENSITY; STANDARD TEST CONDITIONS; THERMAL CHARACTERISATION; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; SOFTWARE TESTING; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 84855190067     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.10.032     Document Type: Article

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