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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2011 37th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9966-3
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186117
