Outdoor overall performance of a novel air-gap-lens-walled compound parabolic concentrator (ALCPC) incorporated with photovoltaic/thermal system

Applied Energy

Volumn 144, Issue , 2015, Pages 214-223

  Li, Guiqiang ^a,b   Pei, Gang ^a,b   Ji, Jie ^a   Su, Yuehong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air gap; CPC; Lens walled; Optical; PV T

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COOLING WATER; EFFICIENCY; SUN;

AIR-GAPS; COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR; CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC; CPC; OPTICAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC/THERMAL SYSTEMS; PV/T; TEMPERATURE OF CIRCULATING COOLING WATERS;

LENSES;

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84923551142     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.01.112     Document Type: Article

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