Indoor and outdoor testing of space concentrator AlGaAs/GaAs photovoltaic modules with Fresnel lenses

Author

Grilikhes, V.A. ; Rumyantsev, V.D. ; Shvarts, M.Z.

Author_Institution

A.F. Ioffe Physicotech. Inst., Acad. of Sci., St. Petersburg, Russia

fYear

1996

fDate

13-17 May 1996

Firstpage

345

Lastpage

348

Abstract

The use of a high-efficiency space concentrator photovoltaic (PV) modules requires a development of the testing methods and a measuring equipment for their laboratory inspection. In this case it is necessary to take into account the specific behaviour of module elements under operating conditions as well as interaction between optical and electrogenerating parts. The aim of this work is to develop the laboratory (indoor) testing procedure for concentrator PV modules, to predict their characteristics during the space flight experiment, to apply the developed methods to the lens concentrator PV modules and to check indoor results in preliminary terrestrial (outdoor) experiment

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aerospace testing; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; lenses; photovoltaic power systems; semiconductor device testing; solar cell arrays; solar cells; solar energy concentrators; space vehicle power plants; AlGaAs-GaAs; Fresnel lenses; characteristics prediction; indoor testing; laboratory inspection; measuring equipment; outdoor testing; photovoltaic modules; space flight experiment; space power concentrator solar cells; testing methods; Aluminum; Flexible printed circuits; Fresnel reflection; Gallium arsenide; Lenses; Optical films; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Solar power generation; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1996., Conference Record of the Twenty Fifth IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3166-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1996.564016

Filename

564016