Performance of a V-trough photovoltaic system
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Authors
Colleges, School and Institutes
External organisations
- Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Department
- Middle Technical University
Abstract
This paper presents a novel optical simulation of a design of the V-trough concentrator used with photovoltaic modules by ray-tracing method. The V-trough concentrator is two flat reflectors fixed on the photovoltaic module as a V latter in order to increase the income solar radiation to the photovoltaic. The advantages of using the V-trough is increasing of the income solar radiation to the photovoltaic which leads to increasing in the current output of the photovoltaic as well as the overall power output for the same size of the photovoltaic. The main aim of this paper is to utilize advanced ray tracing simulation to predict the concentration coefficient of a V-trough concentrator and compare the simulation results with the published experimental results. The results show that the difference between the simulation and experimental results is 1.99% indicating good agreement between the simulation and the experimental work.
Details
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2016 IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA) |
Publication status | Published - 23 Mar 2017 |
Event | 5th IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA 2016 - Birmingham, United Kingdom Duration: 20 Nov 2016 → 23 Nov 2016 |
Publication series
Name | IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA) |
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Conference
Conference | 5th IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA 2016 |
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Country | United Kingdom |
City | Birmingham |
Period | 20/11/16 → 23/11/16 |
Keywords
- Photovoltaic, Ray tracing, V-trough concentrator