Direct sunlight facility for testing and research in HCPV

Date Issued
2014
Author(s)
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Agnello, Simonpietro
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Bonsignore, Gaetano
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Buscemi, Alessandro
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Cannas, Marco
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Gelardi, Franco Mario
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Montagnino, Fabio Maria
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Napoli, Gianluca
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Paredes, Filippo
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Spallino, Luisa
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Abstract
A facility for testing different components for HCPV application has been developed in the framework of "Fotovoltaico ad Alta Efficienza" (FAE) project funded by the Sicilian Regional Authority (PO FESR Sicilia 2007/2013 4.1.1.1). The testing facility is equipped with an heliostat providing a wide solar beam inside the lab, an optical bench for mounting and aligning the HCPV components, electronic equipments to characterize the I-V curves of multijunction cells operated up to 2000 suns, a system to circulate a fluid in the heat sink at controlled temperature and flow-rate, a data logging system with sensors to measure temperatures in several locations and fluid pressures at the inlet and outlet of the heat sink, and a climatic chamber with large test volume to test assembled HCPV modules.
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0094243X
Series
Volume
1616
Start page
158
Conferenece
10th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic System CPV-10
Conferenece place
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Conferenece date
7–9 April, 2014
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Issn Identifier
0094-243X
Ads BibCode
2014AIPC.1616..158S
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open.access
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