Advanced photovoltaic-trough development

Technical Report · Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5350106· OSTI ID:5350106

Spencer, R; Yasuda, K; Merson, B

The scope of the work on photvoltaic troughs includes analytical studies, hardware development, and component testing. Various aspects of the system have been optimized and improvements have been realized, particularly in the receiver and reflecting surface designs. An empirical system performance model has been developed that closely agrees with measured system performance. This in-depth study of single-axis reflecting linear focus photovoltaic concentrators will be very beneficial in the development of improved models for similar systems as well as other phtovoltaic concentrator designs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Acurex Corp., Mountain View, CA (USA). Alternate Energy Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5350106
• Report Number(s): SAND-82-7117; ON: DE82015646
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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