Open AccessDirect sunlight facility for testing and research in HCPV
Author(s) -
Luisa Sciortino,
S. Agnello,
Marco Barbera,
Gaetano Bonsignore,
Alessandro Buscemi,
Roberto Candia,
M. Cannas,
A. Collura,
Gaspare Di Cicca,
F. M. Gelardi,
Ugo Lo Cicero,
Fabio Maria Montagnino,
Gianluca Napoli,
Filippo Paredes,
L. Spallino,
Salvatore Varisco
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
aip conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
eISSN - 1551-7616
pISSN - 0094-243X
DOI - 10.1063/1.4897051
Subject(s) - heat sink , nuclear engineering , heliostat , suns in alchemy , mechanical engineering , environmental science , materials science , aerospace engineering , solar energy , engineering , electrical engineering , optoelectronics
A facility for testing different components for HCPV application has been developed in the framework of\ud“Fotovoltaico ad Alta Efficienza” (FAE) project funded by the Sicilian Regional Authority (PO FESR Sicilia 2007/2013\ud4.1.1.1). The testing facility is equipped with an heliostat providing a wide solar beam inside the lab, an optical bench\udfor mounting and aligning the HCPV components, electronic equipments to characterize the I-V curves of multijunction\udcells operated up to 2000 suns, a system to circulate a fluid in the heat sink at controlled temperature and flow-rate, a\uddata logging system with sensors to measure temperatures in several locations and fluid pressures at the inlet and outlet\udof the heat sink, and a climatic chamber with large test volume to test assembled HCPV modules
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