Title :
Modeling and thermal analysis of cylindrical solar ThermoPhotoVoltaic system
Author :
Maqsood, Ishtiaq ; Emziane, Mahieddine
Author_Institution :
Masdar Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Abstract :
This paper focuses on the design and theoretical modeling of a Solar ThermoPhotoVoltaic (STPV) system. Different emitter design options are explored and finally an optimum design is presented with minimum TPV cell area requirement. Concentrated sunlight is used to heat up the Silicon Carbide (SiC) emitter. Effect of Sunlight concentration on emitter temperature is also investigated. GaSb cell is used in simulation and its external quantum efficiency (EQE) is modeled by 10th degree polynomial equation. A complete thermal analysis is performed to evaluate the conditions for optimum system performance. Theoretical system efficiency is also calculated for the proposed STPV system.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium compounds; polynomials; silicon compounds; solar cells; sunlight; thermal analysis; thermophotovoltaic cells; wide band gap semiconductors; GaSb; SiC; TPV cell area requirement; cylindrical solar thermophotovoltaic system; emitter design; external quantum efficiency; optimum design; polynomial equation; silicon carbide emitter; sunlight concentration; thermal analysis; Heating; Emitter Design; STPV; Solar Energy; TPV; Thermal Analysis; Thermophotovoltaic;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conference and Exhibition (EnergyCon), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Manama
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9378-4
DOI :
10.1109/ENERGYCON.2010.5771807
