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Thermal modeling and the optimized design of metal plate cooling systems for single concentrator solar cells |
| Cui Min(崔敏)a)†, Chen Nuo-Fu(陈诺夫)b), and Deng Jin-Xiang(邓金祥)a) |
a. College of Applied Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China;
b. New and Renewable Energy of Beijing Key Laboratory, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China |
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Abstract A metal plate cooling model for 400× single concentrator solar cells was established. The effects of the thickness and the radius of the metal plate, and the air environment on the temperature of the solar cells were analyzed in detail. It is shown that the temperature of the solar cells decreased sharply at the beginning, with the increase in the thickness of the metal plate, and then changed more smoothly. When the radius of the metal plate was 4 cm and the thickness increased to 2 mm or thicker, the temperature of the solar cell basically stabilized at about 53 ℃. Increasing the radius of the metal plate and the convective transfer coefficient made the temperature of the solar cell decrease remarkably. The effects of Al and Cu as the metal plate material on cooling were analyzed contrastively, and demonstrated the superiority of Al material for the cooling system. Furthermore, considering cost reduction, space holding and the stress of the system, we optimized the structural design of the metal plate. The simulated results can be referred to the design of the structure for the metal plate. Finally, a method to devise the structure of the metal plate for single concentrator solar cells was given.
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Received: 04 July 2011
Revised: 25 August 2011
Accepted manuscript online:
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PACS:
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42.79.Ek
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(Solar collectors and concentrators)
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44.05.+e
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(Analytical and numerical techniques)
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44.10.+i
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(Heat conduction)
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| Fund: Project supported by the Doctoral Initial Fund of Beijing University of Technology, China (Grant No. X0006015201101) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10804005). |
Corresponding Authors:
Cui Min,mcui@bjut.edu.cn
E-mail: mcui@bjut.edu.cn
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Cite this article:
Cui Min(崔敏), Chen Nuo-Fu(陈诺夫), and Deng Jin-Xiang(邓金祥) Thermal modeling and the optimized design of metal plate cooling systems for single concentrator solar cells 2012 Chin. Phys. B 21 034216
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