Design and Calculation of Cooling System to Eliminate Non-Uniform Heat Transfer on Concentration PV System (CPV)

Abstract:

With characteristics of rapid start-up, small heat resistance，uniform temperature and strong heat transfer ability, heat pipe has been used as a facility in cooling system of concentration photovoltaic system. Through numerical calculation and analysis, heat transfer characteristics of the cooling systems are carried out in this paper. Focusing on research of conventional rectangular fin and small fin fixed on cooling systems, and the heat pipe radiator that may adopted, the high-efficiency cooling system and method which are matched with the requirement of high energy flow density and notuniformity temperature are discussed. Finally, optimization design of the cooling system structure is suggested in the paper.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 608-609)
• Pages: 143-150
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.608-609.143
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Qi Fen Li, Tao Li, Cui Cui Pan, Zhi Tian Zhou, Wei Dong Sun
• Keywords: Concentration PV System, Heat Pipe Radiator, Non-Uniform Heat Transfer, Numerical Simulation

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