Modelling and Simulation of a CPV/T System

  1. Marianela Machuca Macias 1
  2. Thiago Henrique Sanaiotto Schmidt 1
  3. Vinicius de Sousa Britto 1
  4. Taygoara Felamingo de Oliveira 1
  5. Antonio C. Pinho Brasil Jr. 1
  1. 1 Universidade de Brasília
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    Universidade de Brasília

    Brasilia, Brasil

    ROR https://ror.org/02xfp8v59

Actas:
24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanicl Engineering

Editorial: Associação Brasileira de Engenharia e Ciências Mecânicas

Año de publicación: 2017

Tipo: Aportación congreso

DOI: 10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2017.COB17-2262 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Resumen

The aim of this work is model and simulates a CPV/T system to assess the thermal and electrical efficiencies. A concentrating solar power system concentrates the solar irradiation radiation on photovoltaic cells. The photovoltaic cells are placed under a rectangular duct which contains a cooling fluid used to avoid high temperatures in the photovoltaic cells and to recover some of the energy in the form of thermal energy. A simple heat transfer dimensionless model is implemented in the software MatLab to study the CPV/T system for different operating conditions and different cooling fluids, air, and water. The simulation process allows to define the best configuration of the system and to evaluate its efficiency