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Performance of a concentrating photovoltaic/thermal solar collector

Date

Authors

Coventry, Joseph

Publisher

Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd

Abstract

The performance of a parabolic trough photovoltaic/thermal collector with a geometric concentration ratio of 37× is described. Measured results under typical operating conditions show thermal efficiency around 58% and electrical efficiency around 11%, th

Keywords

Keywords: Electric currents; Lighting; Networks (circuits); Photovoltaic effects; Solar cells; Voltage control; Illumination flux; Non-uniform illumination; Thermal efficiency; Solar collectors; collector; performance; photovoltaic system

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/85285

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Solar Energy

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.solener.2004.03.014

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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