Siti Hawa Abu-Bakar
Optimisation of the performance of a novel rotationally asymmetrical optical concentrator design for building integrated photovoltaic system
Abu-Bakar, Siti Hawa; Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus; Freier, Daria; Ramirez-Iniguez, Roberto; Mallick, Tapas Kumar; Munir, Abu Bakar; Yasin, Siti Hajar Mohd; Mas'ud, Abdullahi Abubakar; Yunus, Norhidayah Md
Authors
Dr Firdaus Muhammad Sukki F.MuhammadSukki@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer
Daria Freier
Roberto Ramirez-Iniguez
Tapas Kumar Mallick
Abu Bakar Munir
Siti Hajar Mohd Yasin
Abdullahi Abubakar Mas'ud
Norhidayah Md Yunus
Abstract
Solar energy is one of the renewable energy sources that has shown promising potential in addressing the world's energy needs, particularly via the solar PV (photovoltaic) technology. However, the high cost of installation is still being considered as the main obstacle to the widespread adoption of solar PV system. The use of solar concentrators is one of the solutions that could help to produce lower cost solar PV systems. One of the existing concentrator designs is known as the RADTIRC (rotationally asymmetrical dielectric totally internally reflecting concentrator) which was developed in GCU (Glasgow Caledonian University) since 2010. This paper aims at optimising the existing RADTIRC prototype by increasing its electrical output whilst keeping the cost of the system at minimum. This is achieved by adopting a better material and a different technique to fabricate the concentrator. The optimised RADTIRC prototype was fabricated from PMMA (polymethyl-methacrylate) using injection moulding. It was found that the optimised RADTIRC-PV prototype generated an opto-electronic gain of 4.48 when compared with the bare cell under STC (standard test conditions). A comparison with the old prototype showed that the optimised RADTIRC-PV prototype increased the short circuit current by 13.57\% under STC.
Citation
Abu-Bakar, S. H., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Freier, D., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Mallick, T. K., Munir, A. B., Yasin, S. H. M., Mas'ud, A. A., & Yunus, N. M. (2015). Optimisation of the performance of a novel rotationally asymmetrical optical concentrator design for building integrated photovoltaic system. Energy, 90(Part 1), 1033-1045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2015.07.133
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 29, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Aug 29, 2015 |
Publication Date | 2015-10 |
Deposit Date | Dec 2, 2020 |
Journal | Energy |
Print ISSN | 0360-5442 |
Electronic ISSN | 1873-6785 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 90 |
Issue | Part 1 |
Pages | 1033-1045 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2015.07.133 |
Keywords | Solar photovoltaic, Solar concentrator, Rotationally asymmetrical concentrator, Rotationally asymmetrical dielectric totally internally reflecting concentrator |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2703390 |
Publisher URL | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2015.07.133 |
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