Impact of the cell temperature on the energy efficiency of a single glass PV module: Thermal modeling in steady-state and validation by experimental data

Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 291-294

  Jacques, S ^a   Caldeira, A ^a   Ren, Z ^a   Schellmanns, A ^a   Batut, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Experimental validation; PV module; Solar energy efficiency prediction; Steady state; Thermal modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052519191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2172038X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24084/repqj11.281     Document Type: Article

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