Simplified source model for a 54kW solar simulator

Author

Kaikai Guo ; Zhongyang Luo ; Gang Xiao ; Yanmei Zhang ; Mingjiang Ni

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China

Volume

1

fYear

2014

fDate

19-21 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

62

Lastpage

65

Abstract

A solar simulator of 54 kW of electric power, including 9 Xe-arc lamps, was designed and analysed by the Monte-Carlo ray tracing method. Radiations of the 9 lamps are measured by a power sensor. A simplified source model is built based on experimental data to forecast radiation flux distribution, which provides a reference for adjusting the solar simulator. The radiative power reaches over 1800 watts on a 300-mm-diameter circular target, and the maximum radiation flux reaches ~80 kW/m².

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; arc lamps; lighting; ray tracing; Monte-Carlo ray tracing method; power 54 kW; power sensor; radiation flux distribution forecasting; radiative power; simplified source model; solar simulator; xenon-arc lamps; Analytical models; Azimuth; Couplings; Detectors; Power measurement; Power systems; Solar energy; Monte-Carlo; Xe-arc lamp; flux distribution; high flux; solar simulator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Materials for Renewable Energy and Environment (ICMREE), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3335-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMREE.2013.6893615

Filename

6893615