General correlation of a natural convective heat sink with plate-fins for high concentrating photovoltaic module cooling

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2725-2734

  Do, Kyu Hyung ^a   Kim, Tae Hoon ^a   Han, Yong Shik ^a   Choi, Byung Il ^a   Kim, Myung Bae ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CPV cooling; Horizontal orientation facing downward; Inclination angle; Natural convective heat sink

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC; CONVECTIVE HEAT; DESIGN TOOL; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIN SPACING; HORIZONTAL ORIENTATION FACING DOWNWARD; INCLINATION ANGLES; INPUT POWER; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

COOLING; FORCED CONVECTION; OPTIMIZATION;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

COOLING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT FLUX; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 84865584384     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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