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Title: Fourth-generation photovoltaic concentrator system development

Abstract

In 1991, under a contract with Sandia for the Concentrator Initiative, the ENTECH team initiated the design and development of a fourth-generation concentrator module. In 1992, Sandia also contracted with ENTECH to develop a new control and drive system for the ENTECH array. This report documents the design and development work performed under both contracts. Manufacturing processes for the new module were developed at the same time under a complementary PVMaT contract with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Two 100-kW power plants were deployed in 1995 in Texas using the newly developed fourth-generation concentrator technology, one at the CSW Solar Park near Ft. Davis and one at TUE Energy Park in Dallas. Technology developed under the Sandia contracts has made a successful transition from the laboratory to the production line to the field.

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. ENTECH, Inc., Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, TX (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); ENTECH, Inc., Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
119292
Report Number(s):
SAND-95-1553
ON: DE96001873
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Oct 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; CONCENTRATOR SOLAR CELLS; PERFORMANCE; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; DESIGN; TESTING; FRESNEL LENS; HEAT SINKS

Citation Formats

O`Neill, M J, and McDanal, A J. Fourth-generation photovoltaic concentrator system development. United States: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.2172/119292.
O`Neill, M J, & McDanal, A J. Fourth-generation photovoltaic concentrator system development. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/119292
O`Neill, M J, and McDanal, A J. 1995. "Fourth-generation photovoltaic concentrator system development". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/119292. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/119292.
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title = {Fourth-generation photovoltaic concentrator system development},
author = {O`Neill, M J and McDanal, A J},
abstractNote = {In 1991, under a contract with Sandia for the Concentrator Initiative, the ENTECH team initiated the design and development of a fourth-generation concentrator module. In 1992, Sandia also contracted with ENTECH to develop a new control and drive system for the ENTECH array. This report documents the design and development work performed under both contracts. Manufacturing processes for the new module were developed at the same time under a complementary PVMaT contract with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Two 100-kW power plants were deployed in 1995 in Texas using the newly developed fourth-generation concentrator technology, one at the CSW Solar Park near Ft. Davis and one at TUE Energy Park in Dallas. Technology developed under the Sandia contracts has made a successful transition from the laboratory to the production line to the field.},
doi = {10.2172/119292},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/119292}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995},
month = {Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995}
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