Outdoor test of a hybrid jet impingement/micro-channel cooling device for densely packed concentrated photovoltaic cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 113-121

  Barrau, J ^a   Perona, A ^b   Dollet, A ^b   Rosell, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Concentrated photovoltaic systems; Cooling device; Jet impingement; Micro channel

Indexed keywords

COOLING; IRRADIATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

CONCENTRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC (CPV); COOLING DEVICES; JET IMPINGEMENT; OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGES; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; RESISTANCE COEFFICIENTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

COOLING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOW PATTERN; GEOMETRY; IRRADIANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 84903376449     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.05.040     Document Type: Article

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