TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamic performance analysis of solar concentrating photovoltaic receiver by coupling of weather data with the thermal-electrical model
AU - Maka, Ali O. M.
AU - O'Donovan, Tadhg S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Many thanks to the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom, also many thanks to the Libyan Authority for Research Science and Technology.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/8/1
Y1 - 2021/8/1
N2 - The high-efficiency III-V triple-junction solar cell device consists of GaInP/GaInAs/Ge, made from different semiconductor materials. Thus, via incorporating these materials with different energy band gaps, the consequence is reducing the thermalisation losses and increases in cell conversion efficiency. It is lattice matching and monolithically stacked to gain high conversion efficiency. In this work, CPV receiver performance behaviour is predicted as a function of various Tamb, AM and DNI values through integrating a thermal-electrical model. Hence, weather data measuring of DNI, AM, Tamb for three days at the unclouded and cloudy sky is profiteering to evaluate triple-junction solar cell performance at such conditions. Therefore, in real operating conditions daily, this value varies with time from sunrise to sunset, and the maximum values reach noon hours. The results have shown a variation in thermal-electrical performance parameters and energy production on small/large scale operating. For optimum performance, these environmental parameters needed to be considered: (i) the low values of Tamb; (ii) the low values of AM, (iii) the corresponding high values of DNI at clear/cloud sky conditions.
AB - The high-efficiency III-V triple-junction solar cell device consists of GaInP/GaInAs/Ge, made from different semiconductor materials. Thus, via incorporating these materials with different energy band gaps, the consequence is reducing the thermalisation losses and increases in cell conversion efficiency. It is lattice matching and monolithically stacked to gain high conversion efficiency. In this work, CPV receiver performance behaviour is predicted as a function of various Tamb, AM and DNI values through integrating a thermal-electrical model. Hence, weather data measuring of DNI, AM, Tamb for three days at the unclouded and cloudy sky is profiteering to evaluate triple-junction solar cell performance at such conditions. Therefore, in real operating conditions daily, this value varies with time from sunrise to sunset, and the maximum values reach noon hours. The results have shown a variation in thermal-electrical performance parameters and energy production on small/large scale operating. For optimum performance, these environmental parameters needed to be considered: (i) the low values of Tamb; (ii) the low values of AM, (iii) the corresponding high values of DNI at clear/cloud sky conditions.
KW - Concentrating photovoltaic
KW - Dynamic performance
KW - Performance analysis
KW - Thermal-electrical model
KW - Weather data
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tsep.2021.100923
DO - 10.1016/j.tsep.2021.100923
M3 - Article
VL - 24
JO - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress
JF - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress
SN - 2451-9049
M1 - 100923
ER -
