DocumentCode
3381959
Title
Solar simulator for indoor characterization of large area high-concentration PV modules
Author
Dominguez, C. ; Antón, I. ; Sala, G.
Author_Institution
Instituto de EnergÃ\xada Solar - UPM. ETSI Telecomunicación. Ciudad Universitaria. 28040 Madrid, Spain
fYear
2008
fDate
11-16 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
5
Abstract
This paper presents a complete description of a novel solar simulator for large area concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) modules, which has been designed and manufactured at Instituto de Energía Solar of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (IES-UPM). The main problem overcome in developing such a solar simulator is explained, and a whole description of the system elements is given. In addition, it is presented a characterization of the latest improvements of the simulator, focusing specially in the spectral requirements. The paper also reviews the development history of the simulator until its current commercialization as a tool for the CPV industry.
Keywords
Costs; Lamps; Lighting; Manufacturing; Mirrors; Optical collimators; Optical receivers; Photovoltaic systems; Solar power generation; Sun;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2008. PVSC '08. 33rd IEEE
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA, USA
ISSN
0160-8371
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1640-0
Electronic_ISBN
0160-8371
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922739
Filename
4922739
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