Modeling a grid-connected concentrator photovoltaic system

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 582-592

  Strobach, Ehud ^a   Faiman, David ^a   Kabalo, Shlomo ^a   Bokobza, Dov ^a   Melnichak, Vladimir ^a   Gombert, Andreas ^b   Gerstmaier, Tobias ^b   Röttger, Michael ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Soitec Solar GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

air mass; CPV; heat loss coefficients; modeling; outdoor characterization; photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MODELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

AIR MASS; ALTERNATING CURRENT; CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC; CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; HEAT LOSS COEFFICIENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SPECTRAL CONDITIONS;

PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS;

EID: 84927519114     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2467     Document Type: Article

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