Impact of Spectral Irradiance Distribution and Temperature on Concentrator Photovoltaic System

Kensuke Nishioka; Yasuyuki Ota

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.893.773

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Impact of Spectral Irradiance Distribution and Temperature on Concentrator Photovoltaic System

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The output characteristics of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system were analyzed in the data period of a year from November 2010 to October 2011. Characteristics of CPV are more sensitive to environmental factors as compared to flat-plate PV system. Especially, solar spectrum distribution has considerable influence on the output of CPV because CPV uses multi-junction solar cells. In this study, we analyzed the influence of environmental factors using average photon energy (APE) and temperature of solar cell (T_cell). Most frequent condition during operation was APE = 1.87 ± 0.005 eV and T_cell = 65 ± 2.5 °C. Performance ratio at the most frequent condition was 83.9%. These results indicated the importance of the understanding of the behavior of the outdoor performance and the accurate data of environmental conditions where the PV systems were installed.

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Kensuke Nishioka*, Yasuyuki Ota

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Average Photon Energy, Concentrator Photovoltaic, Performance Ratio, Solar Spectrum Distribution

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