Output Estimation of Concentrator Photovoltaic Using Mappings of Environmental Factors and Performance Ratio

• Authors: K. Nomura , Y. Ota , T. Minemoto , K. Nishioka
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Estimation of the output energy of concentrator photovoltaic system is difficult, because the output energy of concentrator photovoltaic system installed outdoors is influenced by various environmental factors. A new method to estimate the output energy is proposed using a contour map of environmental factors. The contour map of estimated output energy was quite similar to that of experimentally-measured output energy. The error ratio of the estimated output energy to the actual output energy was only - 0.14%. The result indicates that this method is useful to estimate the output energy of CPV systems.

Keywords

EN

42.79.Ek; 88.40.jp

Discipline

• 42.79.Ek: Solar collectors and concentrators(see also 88.40.F- Solar concentrators in solar energy)
• 88.40.jp: Multijunction solar cells

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 125
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 1021-1023

Dates

published

2014-04

Contributors

author

K. Nomura

• Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-nishi Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan

author

Y. Ota

• Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-nishi Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan

author

T. Minemoto

• College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Shiga 525-8577, Japan

author

K. Nishioka

• Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-nishi Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.125.1021