DocumentCode
2440479
Title
Numerical modeling of thermophotovoltaic cells and systems
Author
El-Husseini, Ali M. ; Gray, Jeffery L.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
fYear
1997
fDate
29 Sep-3 Oct 1997
Firstpage
959
Lastpage
962
Abstract
There are three distinct, although coupled, components to a complete model of a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) system: a thermodynamic model; an optical model; and a detailed numerical device model. An accurate TPV system model will result only from a simultaneous and self-consistent application of these three components. In this paper, issues specific to the modeling of TPV cells and systems are discussed
Keywords
numerical analysis; photovoltaic cells; semiconductor device models; thermal analysis; thermodynamics; numerical device model; numerical modeling; optical model; thermodynamic model; thermophotovoltaic cells; Heat sinks; Numerical models; Optical computing; Optical devices; Photonic band gap; Resistance heating; Stimulated emission; Temperature; Thermodynamics; Waste heat;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1997., Conference Record of the Twenty-Sixth IEEE
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA
ISSN
0160-8371
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3767-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PVSC.1997.654247
Filename
654247
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