Handbook of concentrator photovoltaic technology / / edited by Carlos Algora, Ignacio Rey-Stolle

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910136913103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-5231-1467-3; 1-118-75564-2; 1-118-75563-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (809 p.)
• Disciplina: 621.31/244
• Soggetti: Photovoltaic power systems; Solar concentrators
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Handbook of Concentrator Photovoltaic Technology; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1: Direct Normal Radiation; 1.1 Concepts and Definitions; 1.1.1 Orbital and Geometrical Considerations; 1.1.2 The Solar Constant; 1.1.3 Temporal Variations in Extraterrestrial Radiation (ETR); 1.1.4 Extraterrestrial Radiation Spectral Power Distribution; 1.1.5 The Atmospheric Filter; 1.2 Measuring Broadband Direct Solar Radiation; 1.2.1 Pyrheliometers; 1.2.2 Rotating Shadow Band Radiometers; 1.2.3 Reference Standards, the World Radiometric Reference (WRR); 1.2.4 Calibration of Pyrheliometers; 1.2.5 Accuracy and Uncertainty1.2.6 Summary of Guide to Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM) Approach; 1.2.7 Measurement Data Quality; 1.3 Modeling Broadband Direct Solar Radiation; 1.3.1 Models for Direct Beam Irradiance; 1.3.2 Atmospheric Component Transmittance; 1.3.2.1 Linke's Model; 1.3.2.2 Comprehensive Transmittance Models; 1.3.3 Estimating Direct Beam Radiation from Hemispherical Data; 1.3.3.1 Boes Simple Correlation; 1.3.3.2 The Maxwell Direct Insolation Simulation Code (DISC) Model; 1.4 Modeling Spectral Distributions; 1.4.1 Bird Simple Spectral Model (SPCTRL2); 1.4.2 Simple Model for Atmospheric Transmission of Sunshine ; (SMARTS)1.4.3 Spectral Distributions from Broadband Data; 1.5 Resources for Broadband Estimates of CPV Performance; 1.5.1 Broadband Direct Beam Radiation Data Resources; 1.5.2 Typical Meteorological Year Data for CPV Performance Estimates; 1.5.3 CPV Spectral Performance Issues; 1.6 Sunshape; 1.6.1 The Solar Disk; 1.6.2 Circumsolar Radiation; 1.6.2.1 The Lawrence Berkeley Circumsolar Telescope Data; 1.6.3 Recent Circumsolar Radiation Research; 1.7 Direct Solar Radiation Climates; 1.7.1 Measurement Networks and Data; 1.7.2 Concentrating Solar Power Site Selection1.7.3 Concentrating Solar Power Resource Map Examples; 1.7.4 Solar Resource Maps and Data Internet Resources; 1.8 Consensus Standards for Direct Solar Radiation Applications; 1.8.1 World Radiometric Reference; 1.8.2 Solar Radiometric Instrumentation Calibration; 1.8.3 Spectral Calibration Standards; 1.8.4 Standard and Reference Spectral Distributions; Glossary; List of Acronyms; List of Symbols; References; 2: Concentrator Multijunction Solar Cells; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Fundamentals; 2.2.1 Fundamentals of Photovoltaic Cells; 2.2.1.1 A Solar Cell Primer2.2.1.2 Solar Cell Optimum Bandgap; 2.2.1.3 Basic Solar Cell I-V Curve; 2.2.2 Fundamentals of Multijunction Solar Cells; 2.2.2.1 Losses in Solar Cells; 2.2.2.2 Multijunction Solar Cells as a Response to Minimize Losses; 2.2.2.3 Multijunction Solar Cells and CPV; 2.3 Multijunction Solar Cell Structures; 2.3.1 Historical Development of Multijunction PV Converters; 2.3.1.1 Spectral Splitting Systems; 2.3.1.2 Mechanical Stack of Solar Cells and Multi-terminal Devices; 2.3.1.3 Monolithic Two-terminal Multijunction Solar Cells; 2.3.2 Designing Multijunction Solar Cell Structures