Performance evaluation of concentrating solar photovoltaic and photovoltaic/thermal systems

Solar Energy

Volumn 98, Issue PC, 2013, Pages 315-321

  Chaabane, Monia ^a   Charfi, Wael ^b   Mhiri, Hatem ^a   Bournot, Philippe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b Institut supérieur des études technologiques de Tozeur   (Tunisia)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Concentrating photovoltaic system (CPVS); Concentrating photovoltaic thermal system (CPVTS); Performance analysis

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATIONS; CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC; CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONCENTRATORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC/THERMAL SYSTEMS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN; THERMAL ENERGY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EQUIPMENT COMPONENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL POWER;

TOZEUR; TUNISIA;

EID: 84887371213     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.09.029     Document Type: Article

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