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Active and passive cooling for concentrating photovoltaic arrays

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6100809

Optimization, based on minimum energy cost, of active and passive cooling designs for point-focus Fresnel lens photovoltaic arrays and line-focus, parabolic-trough photovoltaic arrays is discussed, and the two types of cooling are compared. Passive cooling is more cost-effective for Fresnel lens arrays while the reverse is true for parabolic-trough arrays.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
6100809
Report Number(s):
SAND-81-0530; ON: DE82003922
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140501* -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Photovoltaic Conversion
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONCENTRATOR SOLAR CELLS
COOLING SYSTEMS
COST
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
FINS
FRESNEL LENS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
LENSES
OPTIMIZATION
PARABOLIC REFLECTORS
PARABOLIC TROUGH REFLECTORS
PERFORMANCE
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
SOLAR CELL ARRAYS
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR CONCENTRATORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR REFLECTORS
WIND