The efficiency of the Photovoltaic (PV) system found to be boosted when mirrors and tracking devices are used. For this purpose reflective and refractive optical devises are usually mounted on a PV panel to form a V-trough that helps focusing the incident solar radiation flux onto the PV panel and, hence, increasing the total output power. In this work, we performed a numerical simulation to achieve the optimum condition for a low Concentrated Photovoltaic (LCPV) systems located in Saudi Arabia. Five cities were chosen as a case-study for our simulation, these cities are; Riyadh, Jeddah, Dhahran, Aljouf and Sharoora. Two models were proposed based on the geometry of the system. It was found that the first model (partial exposure) showed an efficiency of 165% whereas the efficiency of second model (double exposure) reached 230%. Furthermore, it was found that the efficiency of the models did not depend on the tracking step which makes LCPV low in cost and less complex.
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Bölüm | Articles |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 1 Eylül 2015 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2015 Cilt: 5 Sayı: 3 |