Heat pipe cooling of concentrating photovoltaic cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Anderson, W G ^a   Dussinger, P M ^a   Sarraf, D B ^a   Tamanna, S ^a  

^a Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL TEMPERATURE; CONCENTRATED SOLAR ENERGY; CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC; CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; COOLING DESIGNS; HEAT PIPE COOLING; SOLAR INTENSITIES; TEMPERATURE RISE;

HEAT FLUX; NATURAL CONVECTION; OPTICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; WASTE HEAT;

HEAT PIPES;

EID: 84879701874     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922577     Document Type: Conference Paper

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