Performance of Solar Energy Converters: Thermal Collectors and Photovoltaic Cells : Lectures of a Course held at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, November 11¿18, 1981

G. Beghi

ISBN 10: 9401198152 / ISBN 13: 9789401198158

Published by Springer Netherlands, 2012

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Solar cell~ and solar cell module~ have to be tested for their performance, i.e. their ability to produce electrical power under well-defined conditions of illumination and temperature. The need for performance measurements arises at various stages of development, design and production from different requirement~: at the development level, the main objective is to as~ess the performance of a new concept in comparison with state-of-the-art competitors; at the design level, performance data are required as input for the ~izing and dimensions of photovoltaic ~y~tem~ operating under certain environmental conditions; at the produc tion level, the cells and modules must be acceptance te~ted against a set of specifications in order to separate deliverables from reject~. For accurate performance measurements and calibration, several methods exist which can be generally categorised into two clas~e~: outdoor methods in natural sunlight, and indoor method~, u~ing ~imulated ~unlight or indirect analytical method~. Depending on the purpose of a performance test, each of these method~ can offer specific advantage~. Therefore, the various methods are not to be looked at as competing, but rather as complementary tool~ for the achievement of accurate electrical performance measurement~.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Performance of Solar Energy Converters: Thermal Collectors and Photovoltaic Cells : Lectures of a Course held at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, November 11¿18, 1981
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9401198152
• ISBN 13: 9789401198158
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 244W x 170H x 29D millimeters 244 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 29 millimeters depth
• Weight: 914 grams

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Solar cell~ and solar cell module~ have to be tested for their performance, i.e. their ability to produce electrical power under well-defined conditions of illumination and temperature. The need for performance measurements arises at various stages of development, design and production from different requirement~: at the development level, the main objective is to as~ess the performance of a new concept in comparison with state-of-the-art competitors; at the design level, performance data are required as input for the ~izing and dimensions of photovoltaic ~y~tem~ operating under certain environmental conditions; at the produc­ tion level, the cells and modules must be acceptance te~ted against a set of specifications in order to separate deliverables from reject~. For accurate performance measurements and calibration, several methods exist which can be generally categorised into two clas~e~: outdoor methods in natural sunlight, and indoor method~, u~ing ~imulated ~unlight or indirect analytical method~. Depending on the purpose of a performance test, each of these method~ can offer specific advantage~. Therefore, the various methods are not to be looked at as competing, but rather as complementary tool~ for the achievement of accurate electrical performance measurement~.