Eliyas Debebe Mammo
Performance analysis of a reflective 3D crossed compound parabolic concentrating photovoltaic system for building façade integration
Mammo, Eliyas Debebe; Sellami, Nazmi; Mallick, Tapas Kumar
Abstract
A reflective 3D crossed compound parabolic-based photovoltaic module (3D CCPC PV) was designed and its electrical and optical performance was analyzed for building integrated photovoltaic applications. A maximum power concentration of 3.0× was achieved compared to similar type of non-concentrating module. The reduction of the concentration factor from the geometrical concentration of 3.61× for the designed 3D CCPC were due to manufacturing errors, mismatch losses, series resistance losses, and thermal loses. The experimental output was validated by developing a MATLAB simulation code for its electrical performance. Good agreements were observed between experimental and electrical simulation with maximum electrical conversion efficiency of the concentrating system of 14%. The experimental characterization of the optical efficiency was found to show a deviation of 19.4% from the 3D ray tracing simulation efficiency of 94.6% for direct incidence. This deviation is mainly due to the fact that 3D ray tracing simulation does not take the non-uniform illumination distribution into account.
Citation
Mammo, E. D., Sellami, N., & Mallick, T. K. (2013). Performance analysis of a reflective 3D crossed compound parabolic concentrating photovoltaic system for building façade integration. Progress in Photovoltaics, 21(5), 1095-1103. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2211
| Journal Article Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Acceptance Date | Mar 5, 2012 |
| Online Publication Date | Apr 26, 2012 |
| Publication Date | 2013-08 |
| Deposit Date | Dec 12, 2021 |
| Journal | Progress in photovoltaics |
| Print ISSN | 1062-7995 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1099-159X |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1095-1103 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2211 |
| Keywords | BIPV, reflective, CCPC |
| Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2818270 |
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