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Mallick, Tapas K. and Eames, Philip C. (2007) Design and fabrication of low concentrating second generation PRIDE concentrator. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Vol.91 (No.7). pp. 597-608. doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2006.11.016 ISSN 0927-0248.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2006.11.016
Abstract
Prototype first generation Photovoltaic Facades of Reduced Costs Incorporating Devices with Optically Concentrating Elements (PRIDE) technology incorporating 3 and 9mm wide single crystal silicon solar cells showed excellent power output compared to a similar non-concentrating system when it was characterized both indoors using a flash and continuous solar simulator. However, durability and instability of the dielectric material occurred in long-term characterisation. when the concentrator was made by using casting technology. For large scale manufacturing process, durability, and to reduce the weight of the concentrator, second generation PRIDE design incorporated 6 mm wide "Saturn" solar cells at the absorber of dielectric concentrators. Injection moulding was used to manufacture 3 kWp of such PV concentrator module for building facade integration in Europe. Special design techniques and cost implications are implemented in this paper. A randomly selected PV concentrator was characterised at outdoors from twenty-four (approximate to 3 kWp) 2nd-G PRIDE manufactured concentrators. The initial PV concentrators achieved a power ratio of 2.01 when compared to a similar non-concentrating system. The solar to electrical conversion efficiency achieved for the PV panel was 10.2% when characterised outdoors. In large scale manufacturing process, cost reduction of 40% is achievable using this concentrator manufacturing technology. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Science BV | ||||
ISSN: | 0927-0248 | ||||
Official Date: | 16 April 2007 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.91 | ||||
Number: | No.7 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 12 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 597-608 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.solmat.2006.11.016 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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