Performance analysis of a dielectric based 3D building integrated concentrating photovoltaic system

Solar Energy

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 525-540

  Baig, Hasan ^a   Sellami, Nazmi ^a   Chemisana, Daniel ^b   Rosell, Joan ^b   Mallick, Tapas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

3DCCPC; BiCPV; CPC; CPV; Non uniform

Indexed keywords

3DCCPC; BICPV; CPC; CPV; NON-UNIFORM;

INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

ABSORPTION; BUILDING; EQUIPMENT COMPONENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLYMER; POWER GENERATION; SILICON; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84897856865     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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