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
• 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