DocumentCode
1860037
Title
Thermal performance of the SunPower Alpha-2 PV-concentrator
Author
Linderman, Ryan J. ; Judkins, Zachary ; Shoecraft, Michael ; Dawson, Matt J.
Author_Institution
SunPower Corp., San Jose, CA, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
19-24 June 2011
Abstract
Summary form only given. Concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) systems typically rely on passive airflow and a low thermal resistance cell package to maintain safe and reliable cell operating temperatures. Due to the high heat flux associated with the concentrated irradiance, it is important to validate operating temperatures in typical field environments. This work focuses on a full thermal characterization of the SunPower Alpha-2, 7× linear concentrator system as well as a side-by-side thermal comparison to Sunpower 1-sun PV modules mounted to the same rotational axis.
Keywords
solar cells; solar energy concentrators; CPV systems; SunPower alpha-2 PV-concentrator; Sunpower 1-sun PV modules; concentrator photovoltaic systems; heat flux; linear concentrator system; passive airflow; side-by-side thermal comparison; thermal performance; thermal resistance cell package; Heating; IEEE Xplore; Photovoltaic systems; Reliability; Thermal resistance;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2011 37th IEEE
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
ISSN
0160-8371
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-9966-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186117
Filename
6186117
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