Design and testing of 3D printed cross compound parabolic concentrators for LCPV system

Al-Shidhani, Mazin, Alnajideen, Mohammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9408-6893, Garcia Rocha, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6125-8556 and Min, Gao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9591-5825 2018. Design and testing of 3D printed cross compound parabolic concentrators for LCPV system. AIP Conference Proceedings 2012 (1) , 020001. 10.1063/1.5053489

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Abstract

Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV) Systems has the potential to increase the power output and reduce the cost of PV systems. This work demonstrates a successful attempt to fabricate high performance Cross Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CCPC) using 3D printing. The performance of the 3D printed CCPCs was characterized using a testing setup that consists of a monocrystalline silicon solar cell (10mm × 10mm) mounted on a cooling/rotation stage. Five CCPCs of varied concentration ratio (2.9×, 4.0×, 6.0×, 7.8× and 9.0×) were fabricated and their performance were evaluated. The results show that the optical efficiency of these 3D printed CCPC ranges from 82% to 89%, representing the highest values reported to date. In addition, the angular responses of the concentrators were also evaluated.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Publisher:	AIP Publishing
ISSN:	0094-243X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	24 October 2018
Date of Acceptance:	7 December 2017
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2023 06:20
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/116159

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