TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance analysis of a mirror symmetrical dielectric totally internally reflecting concentrator for building integrated photovoltaic systems
AU - Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus
AU - Abu-Bakar, Siti Hawa
AU - Ramirez-Iniguez, Roberto
AU - McMeekin, Scott G.
AU - Stewart, Brian G.
AU - Munir, Abu Bakar
AU - Mohd Yasin, Siti Hajar
AU - Abdul Rahim, Ruzairi
PY - 2013/11/30
Y1 - 2013/11/30
N2 - This paper presents a mirror symmetrical dielectric totally internally reflecting concentrator (MSDTIRC). Here, its electrical and optical performances are investigated for building integrated photovoltaic applications. This concentrator is designed to tackle two issues: (i) providing sufficient gain in order to increase the electrical output of a solar photovoltaic (PV) system and (ii) reducing the size of the PV cell needed, hence minimising the cost of the system. These experiments carried out had the objective of investigating the characteristics of the cell with the concentrator, the angular performance of the structure, and the effect of temperature on the cell. In each case, the current-voltage (I-. V) characteristics and the power-voltage (P-. V) characteristics are plotted and analysed. An outdoor experiment was also conducted to verify the results obtained from the indoor experiments. The MSDTIRC-PV structure is capable of providing a maximum power concentration of 4.2× when compared to a similar cell without the concentrator. The deviation of the concentration factor from the geometrical concentration gain (4.9×), is mainly due to manufacturing errors, mismatch losses and thermal losses.
AB - This paper presents a mirror symmetrical dielectric totally internally reflecting concentrator (MSDTIRC). Here, its electrical and optical performances are investigated for building integrated photovoltaic applications. This concentrator is designed to tackle two issues: (i) providing sufficient gain in order to increase the electrical output of a solar photovoltaic (PV) system and (ii) reducing the size of the PV cell needed, hence minimising the cost of the system. These experiments carried out had the objective of investigating the characteristics of the cell with the concentrator, the angular performance of the structure, and the effect of temperature on the cell. In each case, the current-voltage (I-. V) characteristics and the power-voltage (P-. V) characteristics are plotted and analysed. An outdoor experiment was also conducted to verify the results obtained from the indoor experiments. The MSDTIRC-PV structure is capable of providing a maximum power concentration of 4.2× when compared to a similar cell without the concentrator. The deviation of the concentration factor from the geometrical concentration gain (4.9×), is mainly due to manufacturing errors, mismatch losses and thermal losses.
KW - building integrated photovoltaic systems
KW - mirror symmetrical dielectric totally internally reflecting concentrator
KW - solar concentrator
KW - solar photovoltaic
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84878888315&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.05.006
DO - 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.05.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84878888315
VL - 111
SP - 288
EP - 299
JO - Applied Energy
JF - Applied Energy
SN - 0306-2619
ER -
