Uniqueness verification of direct solar spectral index for estimating outdoor performance of concentrator photovoltaic systems
Uniqueness verification of direct solar spectral index for estimating outdoor performance of concentrator photovoltaic systems
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用于评估聚光光伏系统户外性能的直接太阳光谱指数的唯一性验证
DOI:
10.1016/j.renene.2014.10.059
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发表时间:
2015
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影响因子:
8.7
通讯作者:
T. Minemoto
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作者:
Jakapan Chantana;S. Ueno;Y. Ota;K. Nishioka;T. Minemoto
To analyze the impact of a direct spectral distribution of the solar spectrum on the outdoor performance of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) systems, an index for the direct spectral distribution is needed. Average photon energy (APE), the average energy of a photon in the direct solar spectrum, is one of these indexes. In this contribution, the uniqueness of APE to the direct solar spectral distribution is statistically analyzed to assure that an APE value uniquely yields the shape of a direct solar radiation spectrum. The results have exhibited the uniqueness of the direct normal solar spectrum with each APE value, in which the standard deviations are quite small. Short-circuit current density of the InGaP/InGaAs/Ge triple-junction solar cell in the CPV system is additionally calculated using the direct spectral irradiance with different APE values. It is revealed that APE is a useful index to describe the direct spectral distribution to evaluate the outdoor performance of the CPV systems.