Study of automotive radiator cooling system for dense-array concentration photovoltaic system

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2632-2643

  Chong, Kok Keong ^a   Tan, Woei Chong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Automotive radiator; Concentrator photovoltaic; Cooling system; Heat rejection; High concentration solar energy; Non imaging planar concentrator

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE RADIATORS; CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; HEAT REJECTION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; PLANAR CONCENTRATORS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT SINKS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

RADIATORS;

ARRAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COOLING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84865609701     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.05.033     Document Type: Article

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