Manufacturing technology improvements for a line-focus concentrator module

Author

O´Neill, M.J. ; McDanal, A.J.

Author_Institution

ENTECH Inc., Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, TX, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

10-14 May 1993

Firstpage

1082

Lastpage

1089

Abstract

With significant assistance from the US Department of Energy (DOE), Sandia National Labs (Sandia), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the ENTECH technical team has been developing, field-testing, refining, and commercializing linear Fresnel lens photovoltaic concentrator technology for 15 years. In 1991 they completed phase 1 of a DOE-sponsored Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology (PVMaT) project. The team are now performing phase 2A of the PVMaT project. Under the PVMaT project, the team have made significant improvements in manufacturing technology for fourth-generation concentrator modules, which is described

Keywords

lenses; manufacture; solar cells; solar energy concentrators; ENTECH technical team; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology project; Sandia National Labs; US Department of Energy; concentrator cells; fourth-generation concentrator modules; line-focus concentrator module; linear Fresnel lens photovoltaic concentrator; manufacturing technology improvements; solar cells; Aluminum; Apertures; Geometrical optics; Heat sinks; Lenses; Manufacturing processes; Photovoltaic systems; Production; Solar power generation; Water heating;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1993., Conference Record of the Twenty Third IEEE

Conference_Location

Louisville, KY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1220-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1993.346973

Filename

346973