TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-term performance potential of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems
AU - Burhan, Muhammad
AU - Shahzad, Muhammad Wakil
AU - Ng, Kim Choon
PY - 2017/9/15
Y1 - 2017/9/15
N2 - Owing to the diverse photovoltaic (PV) systems’ design and technology, as well as the dynamic nature of insolation data received on the aperture surfaces, the instantaneous output from a PV system fluctuates greatly. For accurate performance estimation of a large PV field, the long term performance as electrical output is a more rational approach over the conventional testing methods, such as at Standard Testing Conditions (STC) and at the Nominal Operating Cell Temperature (NOCT) available hitherto. In this paper, the long-term performances of concentrated PVs (Cassegrain reflectors and Fresnel lens) with 2-axes tracking and a variety of PV systems, namely the stationary flat-plate PV (mono-crystalline, poly-crystalline and thin-films CIS types), is presented over a period of one year for the merit comparison of system design, under the tropical weather conditions of Singapore. From the measured field performances, the total energy output of 240.2 kW h/m2/year is recorded for CPV operation in Singapore, which is nearly two folds higher than the stationary PV panels.
AB - Owing to the diverse photovoltaic (PV) systems’ design and technology, as well as the dynamic nature of insolation data received on the aperture surfaces, the instantaneous output from a PV system fluctuates greatly. For accurate performance estimation of a large PV field, the long term performance as electrical output is a more rational approach over the conventional testing methods, such as at Standard Testing Conditions (STC) and at the Nominal Operating Cell Temperature (NOCT) available hitherto. In this paper, the long-term performances of concentrated PVs (Cassegrain reflectors and Fresnel lens) with 2-axes tracking and a variety of PV systems, namely the stationary flat-plate PV (mono-crystalline, poly-crystalline and thin-films CIS types), is presented over a period of one year for the merit comparison of system design, under the tropical weather conditions of Singapore. From the measured field performances, the total energy output of 240.2 kW h/m2/year is recorded for CPV operation in Singapore, which is nearly two folds higher than the stationary PV panels.
KW - Concentrated photovoltaic
KW - CPV
KW - Electrical rating
KW - Long term performance
KW - MJC
KW - Solar tracker
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U2 - 10.1016/j.enconman.2017.05.072
DO - 10.1016/j.enconman.2017.05.072
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85020225659
VL - 148
SP - 90
EP - 99
JO - Energy Conversion and Management
JF - Energy Conversion and Management
SN - 0196-8904
ER -
