Natural Sunlight Tests at Petal, of A Trial Mim String at Concentrations up to 1000X

Author

Faiman, D. ; Biryukov, S. ; Bokovza, D. ; Kabalo, S. ; Katz, E.A. ; Melnichak, V. ; Bett, A.W. ; Loeckenhoff, R. ; Zahler, C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Solar Energy & Environ. Phys., Univ. of the Negev

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

38838

Firstpage

710

Lastpage

713

Abstract

Within the framework of the HiConPV project (European Commission, Framework 6), we present preliminary results of I-V curve measurements that are being performed on a trial dense-array CPV module under natural sunlight conditions at various concentrations up to 1000X. This module, approximately 10 cmtimes10 cm, will be tiled with 24 GaAs "MIM" chips with a total nominal power rating of 1.8 kWp at 1,000X. However, for the present tests a single string of 4 series-connected MIMs was employed. For illumination we used PETAL, the 400 m² parabolic dish concentrator at Sede Boqer, covering its mirror panels according to the degree of concentration needed

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; monolithic integrated circuits; semiconductor device measurement; semiconductor device testing; solar cell arrays; solar energy concentrators; sunlight; GaAs; GaAs monolithic integrated module chips; HiConPV project; I-V curve measurements; PETAL; Sede Boqer; mirror panels; monolithic integrated module string; natural sunlight tests; parabolic dish concentrator; trial dense-array concentrator photovoltaic module; Apertures; Cameras; Gallium arsenide; Lighting; Mirrors; Optical arrays; Optical design; Power measurement; System testing; Temperature; Concentrator PV; Dense array; Parabolic dish;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279554

Filename

4059727