A Parametric Investigation of a Concentrating Photovoltaic/Thermal System with Spectral Filtering Utilizing a Two-Dimensional Heat Transfer Model

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Brekke, Nick ^a   Otanicar, Todd ^a   DeJarnette, Drew ^a   Hari, Parameswar ^b  

^a The University of Tulsa Tulsa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; EXTRUSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ALUMINUM EXTRUSION; CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT TRANSFER; PARAMETRIC INVESTIGATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC/THERMAL; PV CELL EFFICIENCY; TWO DIMENSIONAL HEAT TRANSFER MODEL;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84956655830     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4032452     Document Type: Article

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