High Concentrator Photovoltaics Fundamentals, Engineering and Power Plants /

The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals and engineering of high concentrator photovoltaic (HCPV) technology and to elucidate how this complex and emerging technology is applied in power plants. It is the first of its kind to focus exclusively on HCPV technolog...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pérez-Higueras, Pedro. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Fernández, Eduardo F. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Green Energy and Technology,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15039-0
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Multi-Junction Concentrator Solar Cells: Analysis and Fundaments
  • Characterization of Multi-Junction Concentrator Solar Cells
  • High Concentration Optics for Photovoltaic Applications
  • The High Concentrator Photovoltaic Module
  • Modelling of High Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems for Utility-Scale Applications
  • Shading in High Concentrator Photovoltaic Power Plants
  • High Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems Configuration and Inverters
  • Efficiencies and Energy Balance in High Concentrator Photovoltaic Devices
  • Solar Resource for High Concentrator Photovoltaic Applications
  • Standards for Testing High Concentrator Photovoltaic Modules
  • Applications of ANNs in the field of the HCPV technology
  • Building Integration of High Concentration Photovoltaic Systems
  • Analysis of Present and Future Financial Viability of High Concentrating Photovoltaic Projects
  • Economic Evaluation of HCPV systems
  • High Concentrator Photovoltaic Power Plants: Energy balance and Case Studies.