Numerical and experimental study on a PV/T system with static miniature solar concentrator

Solar Energy

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 565-574

  Li, Guiqiang ^a   Pei, Gang ^a   Ji, Jie ^a   Yang, Ming ^a   Su, Yuehong ^b   Xu, Ning ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mathematical model; Miniature; PV T; Static solar concentrator

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAT LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY; HEAT LOSS COEFFICIENTS; MINIATURE; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PHOTOVOLTAIC/THERMAL; PV/T; STATIC SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; EQUIPMENT COMPONENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 84940498037     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.07.046     Document Type: Article

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