%0 Conference Paper
%A Nuñez Júdez, Rubén
%A Anton Hernandez, Ignacio
%A Askins, Stephen
%A Sala Pano, Gabriel
%A Araki, Kenji
%B 10th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV-10)
%C Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
%D 2014
%F upm:38829
%I American Institute of Physics
%K Thermal resistance, CPV, cell temperature, wind, operation conditions
%N null
%P 144-148
%T Characterization of CPV arrays based on differences on their thermal resistances
%U https://oa.upm.es/38829/
%X 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.