%K Thermal resistance, CPV, cell temperature, wind, operation conditions
%L upm38829
%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.
%B 10th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV-10)
%J AIP Conference Proceedings
%I American Institute of Physics
%D 2014
%P 144-148
%A Rubén Nuñez Júdez
%A Ignacio Anton Hernandez
%A Stephen Askins
%A Gabriel Sala Pano
%A Kenji Araki
%R 10.1063/1.4897048
%C Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
%N null
%T Characterization of CPV arrays based on differences on their thermal resistances