Heat pipe-cooled highly-concentrated multi-junction solar cell

• Autorzy: Turkestani Mohammed Al , Sabry Mohamed , Lashin Abdelrahman
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) systems have proven the capability of competing with traditional photovoltaic (PV) systems due to their high efficiency and low area occupancy. Such CPV systems require efficient heat removal auxiliary systems, especially for medium and high optical concentration ratios. Operating a CPV system under a high optical concentration (ratio > 200 X) might require active cooling techniques, which have high operating costs and maintenance. On the other hand, heat pipes (HPs) are widely used in electronic devices for cooling purposes. This work discusses the possibility of operating a CPV system coupled with HPs as a passive cooling technique. Two different HPs with different lengths are used to compare cooling efficiency. Each HP length was tested either in a single or double configuration. Long HPs showed better heat removal compared to a traditional fin-cooling system. CVP cooling with HP systems enhanced the entire electrical output of the cell, mainly at high optical concentration ratios.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

solar cell; concentrator photovoltaics; heat pipe; passive cooling; PV performance

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Elektryków Polskich ; Polska Akademia Nauk ; Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego
• Czasopismo: Opto-Electronics Review
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 32, No. 2
• Strony: art. no. e149393
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 26 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Turkestani Mohammed Al

• Physics Department, College of Science, Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0311-2484

autor

Sabry Mohamed

• Physics Department, College of Science, Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Solar Physics Lab, National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Cairo, Egypt

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9498-3818

autor

Lashin Abdelrahman

• Physics Department, College of Science, Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2449-2444

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).