Calculation of cell temperature in a HCPV module using Voc

Author

Fernandez, Eduardo F. ; Loureiro, A.J.G. ; Rodrigo, P. ; Almonacid, F. ; Fernandez, J.I. ; Higueras, P.J.P. ; Almonacid, G.

Author_Institution

Centre of Adv. Studies in Energy & Environ., Univ. of Jaen, Jaen, Spain

fYear

2013

Firstpage

317

Lastpage

320

Abstract

Knowledge of solar cell operating temperature is critical to evaluate the energy performance of a HCPV module. However, the measurement of the cell temperature in HCPV modules is a very complex task due to the special features of these types of modules, so it is useful to find indirect methods to calculate this. DNI, cell temperature and I-V curves have been measured for one year in the Centre of Advanced Studies in Energy and Environment of the University of Jaen located in the south of Spain. Thanks to these measurements, cell temperature can be determinate as a function of V_oc with a mean relative error of -0.38 %.

Keywords

mean square error methods; solar cells; Centre of Advanced Studies in Energy and Environment; DNI; HCPV module; I-V curves; University of Jaen; V_oc; cell temperature; high concentrator photovoltaics; mean relative error; solar cell operating temperature; south Spain; Atmospheric measurements; Measurement uncertainty; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Semiconductor device measurement; Temperature measurement; cell temperature; high concentrator module; multi-junction solar cells;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electron Devices (CDE), 2013 Spanish Conference on

Conference_Location

Valladolid

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4666-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-4667-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CDE.2013.6481406

Filename

6481406