Performance of Solar Energy Converters: Thermal Collectors and Photovoltaic Cells

Lectures of a Course held at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, November 11-18, 1981

536 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Solar cell~ and solar cell module~ have to be tested for their performance, i.e. their ability to produce electrical power under well-defined conditions of illumination and temperature. The need for performance measurements arises at various stages of development, design and production from different requirement~: at the development level, the main objective is to as~ess the performance of a new concept in comparison with state-of-the-art competitors; at the design level, performance data are required as input for the ~izing and dimensions of photovoltaic ~y~tem~ operating under certain environmental conditions; at the produc­ tion level, the cells and modules must be acceptance te~ted against a set of specifications in order to separate deliverables from reject~. For accurate performance measurements and calibration, several methods exist which can be generally categorised into two clas~e~: outdoor methods in natural sunlight, and indoor method~, u~ing ~imulated ~unlight or indirect analytical method~. Depending on the purpose of a performance test, each of these method~ can offer specific advantage~. Therefore, the various methods are not to be looked at as competing, but rather as complementary tool~ for the achievement of accurate electrical performance measurement~.

• Themen: Technologie, Ingenieurswissenschaft, Landwirtschaft, Industrieprozesse Energietechnik, Elektrotechnik und Energiemaschinenbau Alternative und erneuerbare Energiequellen und -technik
• ISBN: 9789401198158
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.05.2012
• Größe: 244 x 170 mm
• Verlag: Springer
• Herausgegeben von: G. Beghi