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
fDate :
29 Sep-3 Oct 1997
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;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1997., Conference Record of the Twenty-Sixth IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3767-0
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.1997.654247
