Experimental and numerical study on non-concentrating and symmetric unglazed compound parabolic photovoltaic concentration systems

Applied Energy

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 527-536

  Bahaidarah, Haitham M ^a   Tanweer, Bilal ^a   Gandhidasan, P ^a   Ibrahim, Nasiru ^a   Rehman, Shafiqur ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cooling; CPC system; Flat PV string; Power output

Indexed keywords

COOLING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR; CPC SYSTEM; ENERGY BALANCE EQUATIONS; ENGINEERING EQUATION SOLVERS; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; FLAT PV STRING; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; POWER OUT PUT;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

COOLING; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SYMMETRY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 84908227371     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.09.060     Document Type: Article

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