Design and Performance Analysis of Low Temperature Solar Thermal Electric Generation Integrated PV Cells

Author

Li Jing ; Pei Gang ; Li Yunzhu ; Ji Jie

Author_Institution

Dept. of Thermal Sci. & Energy Eng., USTC, Hefei, China

fYear

2010

fDate

28-31 March 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The proposed system mainly consists of flat-plate compound parabolic concentrators (CPC) integrated with photovoltaic (PV) cells and Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC). The fundamental of the hybrid PV-CPC module is illustrated and its feasibility is analyzed. Mathematical formulations are developed to study the heat transfer and energy conversion processes. The results indicate that the low temperature solar thermal electric generation integrated PV cells can produce nearly twice as much electricity per unit surface area as side by side PV panels and CPC collectors.

Keywords

direct energy conversion; electric power generation; heat transfer; low-temperature techniques; solar cells; CPC collectors; PV panels; energy conversion process; flat-plate compound parabolic concentrators; heat transfer; integrated PV cells; low temperature solar thermal electric generation; mathematical formulations; organic Rankine cycle; photovoltaic cells; Energy conversion; Heat engines; Performance analysis; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation; Solar heating; Solar power generation; Solar radiation; Temperature; Thermal engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), 2010 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4812-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4813-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APPEEC.2010.5449499

Filename

5449499