RT Conference Proceedings SR 00 ID 10.1063/1.4897048 A1 Nuñez Júdez, Rubén A1 Anton Hernandez, Ignacio A1 Askins, Stephen A1 Sala Pano, Gabriel A1 Araki, Kenji T1 Characterization of CPV arrays based on differences on their thermal resistances YR 2014 FD 07/04/2014 - 09/04/2014 SP 144 OP 148 K1 Thermal resistance, CPV, cell temperature, wind, operation conditions AB 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. T2 10th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV-10) ED Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA SN 0094-243X AV Published LK https://oa.upm.es/38829/