Direct liquid-immersion cooling of concentrator silicon solar cells in a linear concentrating photovoltaic receiver

Energy

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 264-271

  Sun, Yong ^a   Wang, Yiping ^a   Zhu, Li ^a   Yin, Baoquan ^a   Xiang, Haijun ^a   Huang, Qunwu ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Concentrating photovoltaic; Dimethyl silicon oil; Direct contact heat transfer; Liquid immersion cooling; Narrow rectangular channel

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COOLING SYSTEMS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC; DIRECT CONTACT; LIQUID IMMERSION COOLING; NARROW RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; SILICON OIL;

LIQUIDS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COOLING; CRYSTALLINITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY FLUX; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SILICON; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84892953709     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.11.063     Document Type: Article

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