Thermal performance assessment and validation of high-concentration photovoltaic solar cell module

IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 578-586

  Chou, Tsung Lin ^a   Shih, Zun Hao ^b   Hong, Hwen Fen ^b   Han, Cheng Nan ^a   Chiang, Kou Ning ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Finite element; high concentration photovoltaic system; solar cell; thermal management

Indexed keywords

BASELINE MODELS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DEVICE TEMPERATURE; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; FE MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENTS; HIGH-CONCENTRATION PHOTOVOLTAIC; OPERATION CONDITIONS; OUTDOOR EXPERIMENT; PACKAGE DESIGNS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; SYSTEM OUTPUT; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MIXED CONVECTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84859758916     PISSN: 21563950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCPMT.2011.2181165     Document Type: Article

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