Indoor Characterisation of a Reverse Truncated Pyramid Concentrator

Osikibo Tamuno-Ibuomi, Lewis; Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus; Ramirez-Iniguez, Roberto; Ardila-Rey, Jorge Alfredo; Hawa Abu-Bakar, Siti; Bani, Nurul Aini; Hwang See, Chan; Faisal, Nadimul Haque; Sellami, Nazmi

Abstract

The development of concentrating photovoltaic (PV) started in 1960s and over the years, a variety of concentrator designs have been explored. One of its applications is for use in building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) with the aim of producing a cheaper alternative to a traditional PV panel. This paper presents the experimental characterization of a low concentrating photovoltaic (LCPV) unit that utilizes a reverse truncated pyramid (RTP) concentrator design. The RTP has a geometrical gain of 3.61 and a total height of 40 mm. The result from indoor characterization shows that the RTP-PV device could achieve an opto-electronic gain of 3.0 with a measured half-acceptance angle of ±23.8˚. The RTP-PV can be used as a suitable alternative to traditional solar PV panels.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (Published)
• Conference Name: 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 48)
• Start Date: Jun 20, 2021
• End Date: Jun 25, 2021
• Acceptance Date: May 5, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Aug 26, 2021
• Publication Date: 2021
• Deposit Date: Jul 9, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 26, 2021
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Pages: 2348-2350
• Book Title: 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 48)
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518741
• Keywords: photovoltaic; reverse truncated pyramid; indoor characterization
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2786058