Syracuse - a multi-junction concentrator system computer model

Author

Ekins-Daukes, N.J. ; Betts, Thomas R. ; Kemmoku, Y. ; Araki, K. ; Lee, H.S. ; Gottschalg, R. ; Boreland, M.B. ; Infield, D.G. ; Yamaguchi, M.

Author_Institution

Toyota Technol. Inst., Nagoya, Japan

fYear

2005

fDate

3-7 Jan. 2005

Firstpage

651

Lastpage

654

Abstract

A multijunction concentrator system computer model is presented, that aims to accurately model the power generated based on environmental data input, such as the irradiance, air temperature, humidity and pressure. The device model is discussed, illustrating the importance of statistical variation of module components when simulating a multicell module. This comprehensive concentrator computer model will be released for general use, aiming to become a useful resource for those designing and testing multi-junction based concentrator systems.

Keywords

semiconductor device models; semiconductor device testing; semiconductor heterojunctions; solar cells; Syracuse; device model; module components; multicell module; multijunction based concentrator systems; multijunction concentrator system computer model; power generation model; statistical variation; Circuit testing; Computational modeling; Databases; Humidity; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation; Power system modeling; SPICE; Solar power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2005. Conference Record of the Thirty-first IEEE

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8707-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488215

Filename

1488215