Experimental comparison between several photovoltaic panels, regarding the solar energy collection

Conference · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · Conf. Rec. IEEE Photovoltaic Spec. Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5048196

Lorenzo, E; Laspiur, A; Molledo, A G; Romero, S L

This paper summarizes the results of an experiment carried out at the Instituto de Energia Solar of the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, whose main objective is the analysis of the energy collected by different kinds of photovoltaic panels. Special interest is paid to the study of bifacial flat panels and static concentrators using bifacial solar cells. Using the annual energy collected by a conventional static-monofacial flat panel as a basis for comparison, results show that static bifacial flat panels collect 60% more. The use of a two-axis tracking causes an increase of 40% and the combination of a bifacial flat panel with a two-axes tracking causes an increase of 80%. Finally, it is shown that the performance of static concentrators and monofacial flat panels is very similar.

• Research Organization: Instituto de Energia Solar, E.T.S.I.Telecomunicacion, Madrid
• OSTI ID: 5048196
• Report Number(s): CONF-840561-
• Journal Information: Conf. Rec. IEEE Photovoltaic Spec. Conf.; (United States), Conference: 17. IEEE photovoltaic specialists conference, Orlando, FL, USA, 1 May 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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