@inproceedings{upm38829, pages = {144--148}, publisher = {American Institute of Physics}, booktitle = {10th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV-10)}, author = {Rub{\'e}n Nu{\~n}ez J{\'u}dez and Ignacio Anton Hernandez and Stephen Askins and Gabriel Sala Pano and Kenji Araki}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings}, title = {Characterization of CPV arrays based on differences on their thermal resistances}, number = {null}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Thermal characterization of Concentrating Photovoltaics (CPV) modules and Arrays is needed to determine their performance and modelling of energy forecast. Module-ambient thermal resistance is easily obtained from its definition but the cell-module thermal resistant needs to be estimated from indirect procedures, two of them are presented in this paper. In addition, an equivalent parameter is defined, the Concentrator Nominal Operating Module/Cell Temperature (CNOMT/CNOCT), the temperature at Concentrator Standard Operating Conditions (CSOC). Definitions and expression to relate (CNOMT/CNOCT) to thermal resistances are presented, plus several examples of estimations from real operating arrays.}, url = {https://oa.upm.es/38829/}, keywords = {Thermal resistance, CPV, cell temperature, wind, operation conditions} }