DocumentCode
121727
Title
Thermal modeling of PV modules using computational simulation
Author
Hemenway, Davis ; Sakurai, Haruaki ; Sampath, Walajabad ; Barth, Kurt
Author_Institution
Direct Solar, Fort Collins, CO, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1344
Lastpage
1347
Abstract
A comprehensive computer simulation of two thin-film CdTe PV module architectures has been created at Direct Solar using ANSYS Fluent software and experimentally validated using IR cameras. The developed model takes into account solar irradiation, surrounding radiation, convection, and photoelectric conversion to accurately portray the thermal performance of a working PV module. Using this type of analysis, the operating temperatures of future PV modules can be accurately predicted before installation.
Keywords
finite element analysis; infrared imaging; power engineering computing; solar cells; sunlight; thin film devices; ANSYS Fluent software; Direct Solar; IR cameras; PV modules; comprehensive computer simulation; convection; photoelectric conversion; solar irradiation; surrounding radiation; thermal modeling; thin-film PV module architecture; Computational modeling; Force measurement; Indexes; Lamination; Temperature measurement; Thermal analysis; Wind speed; CFD; CdTe; model; simulation; thin film;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2014 IEEE 40th
Conference_Location
Denver, CO
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925166
Filename
6925166
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