A comparison of planar and cylindrical thermophotovoltaic energy conversion systems

Author

Good, Brian S. ; Chubb, Donald L.

Author_Institution

NASA Lewis Res. Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

27 Jul-1 Aug 1997

Firstpage

1113

Abstract

The authors have previously reported results of computer modeling of planar thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems. It is well known, however, that the geometry of such systems is one of the primary determinants of system performance. At the NASA Lewis Research Center, the authors have produced a new computer modeling code that permits the investigation of a wide variety of system configurations. They have used this code to perform an analysis of the effects of system geometry on performance. In this paper, they present results of an analysis of the effects of the geometry of planar and cylindrical TPV systems on the efficiency of the thermal cavity

Keywords

electronic engineering computing; photovoltaic cells; power engineering computing; semiconductor device models; computer modelling code; computer simulation; cylindrical geometry; performance; planar geometry; thermal cavity efficiency; thermophotovoltaic energy conversion; Energy conversion; Equations; Geometry; NASA; Optical filters; Power system modeling; Predictive models; Steady-state; Stimulated emission; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1997. IECEC-97., Proceedings of the 32nd Intersociety

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4515-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.1997.661926

Filename

661926