Print Email Facebook Twitter Total Heat Input and Operational Temperature of Different Cell and Module Technologies Title Total Heat Input and Operational Temperature of Different Cell and Module Technologies Author Özkalay, Ebrar (TU Delft Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science) Contributor Weeber, Arthur (mentor) van Aken, Bas (mentor) Lamers, Machteld (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2017-11-29 Abstract Monofacial modules capture light that falls on the front side of the module, and convert the solar energy to electricity. Bifacial modules can also capture the light that falls on the rear side of the module. For free standing bifacial modules, this results in a power output increase of 5 to 30% compared to monofacial modules. However, due to the heat generation by rear irradiance, this gain is partly lost. In this work, the effect of cell architecture (bifacial/monofacial) and module layout (bifacial/monofacial) on how much modules heat up under outdoor conditions is examined and the heat input mechanism from indoor measurements investigated. This is important because high temperature decreases the open circuit voltage (Voc) of the cell/module which means less power output... Subject solar cellssolar modulesheat inputtemperature To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ed686fd4-87ba-45df-8730-c16e6a5ae35a Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2017 Ebrar Özkalay Files PDF Thesis_report_EOzkalay.pdf 4.7 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ed686fd4-87ba-45df-8730-c16e6a5ae35a/datastream/OBJ/view