Title :
Indoor and outdoor testing of space concentrator AlGaAs/GaAs photovoltaic modules with Fresnel lenses
Author :
Grilikhes, V.A. ; Rumyantsev, V.D. ; Shvarts, M.Z.
Author_Institution :
A.F. Ioffe Physicotech. Inst., Acad. of Sci., St. Petersburg, Russia
Abstract :
The use of a high-efficiency space concentrator photovoltaic (PV) modules requires a development of the testing methods and a measuring equipment for their laboratory inspection. In this case it is necessary to take into account the specific behaviour of module elements under operating conditions as well as interaction between optical and electrogenerating parts. The aim of this work is to develop the laboratory (indoor) testing procedure for concentrator PV modules, to predict their characteristics during the space flight experiment, to apply the developed methods to the lens concentrator PV modules and to check indoor results in preliminary terrestrial (outdoor) experiment
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aerospace testing; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; lenses; photovoltaic power systems; semiconductor device testing; solar cell arrays; solar cells; solar energy concentrators; space vehicle power plants; AlGaAs-GaAs; Fresnel lenses; characteristics prediction; indoor testing; laboratory inspection; measuring equipment; outdoor testing; photovoltaic modules; space flight experiment; space power concentrator solar cells; testing methods; Aluminum; Flexible printed circuits; Fresnel reflection; Gallium arsenide; Lenses; Optical films; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Solar power generation; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1996., Conference Record of the Twenty Fifth IEEE
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3166-4
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.1996.564016
