Abstract
The thermal effectiveness of three types of heat sink hsssas been investigated experimentally using a flexible kapton heater to simulate the generated heat from a CPV system for various heating loads. The three heat sinks are an air cooled flat aluminum heat sink, an air cooled finned aluminum heat sink and a water cooled 3-layered stacked micro-channel heat sink. It is shown that the temperature of the heater surface is reduced dramatically by using the finned heat sink compared to the flat plate heat sink. Also, the 3-layered stacked micro-channel heat sink is able to reduce the heater surface temperature below 50°C for 5.5W heater power. The work also studies numerically the effect of the 3-layered stacked micro-channel heat sink in a single solar cell receiver for a 500× concentration in enhancing the solar cell electrical efficiency and production of the thermal energy. The study uses a three dimensional modelling approach for real weather conditions. The results show a high solar cell electricity performance.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | AIP Conference Proceedings |
| Subtitle of host publication | 14th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV-14) |
| Editors | Ignacio Anton, Marc Steiner, Myles Steiner |
| Publisher | American Institute of Physics |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780735417281 |
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| Publication status | Published - 13 Sept 2018 |
| Event | 14th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems - Puertollano, Spain Duration: 16 Apr 2018 → 18 Apr 2018 |
Publication series
| Name | AIP Conference Proceedings |
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| Publisher | American Institute of Physics |
| Volume | 2012 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0094-243X |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1551-7616 |
Conference
| Conference | 14th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems |
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| Abbreviated title | CPV 2018 |
| Country/Territory | Spain |
| City | Puertollano |
| Period | 16/04/18 → 18/04/18 |
Access to Document
- Electricity enhancement and thermal energy production
Idris Al Siyabia, Sourav Khanna, Tapas Mallick, and Senthilarasu Sundaram. 'Electricity enhancement and thermal energy production from concentrated photovoltaic integrated with a 3-layered stacked micro-channel heat sink'. AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2012, 080001. DOI: 10.1063/1.5053529. © 2018 Author(s). Reproduced with permission from the American Institute of Physics.