Annual Prediction Output of an RADTIRC-PV Module

Daria Freier, Firdaus Muhammad-Sukki, Siti Hawa Abu-Bakar, Roberto Ramirez-Iniguez, Abu Bakar Munir, Siti Hajar Mohd Yasin, Nurul Aini Bani, Abdullahi Abubakar Mas’ud, Jorge Alfredo Ardila-Rey and Md Ershadul Karim
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Daria Freier: School of Engineering & Built Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University, 70 Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA, UK
Firdaus Muhammad-Sukki: School of Engineering, Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen AB10 7GJ, UK
Siti Hawa Abu-Bakar: British Malaysian Institute, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Batu 8, Jalan Sungai Pusu, Gombak 53100, Malaysia
Roberto Ramirez-Iniguez: School of Engineering & Built Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University, 70 Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA, UK
Abu Bakar Munir: Faculty of Law, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Siti Hajar Mohd Yasin: Faculty of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 40450, Malaysia
Nurul Aini Bani: UTM Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 54100, Malaysia
Abdullahi Abubakar Mas’ud: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Jubail Industrial College, P.O. Box 10099, Jubail 31961, Saudi Arabia
Jorge Alfredo Ardila-Rey: Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Santiago de Chile 8940000, Chile
Md Ershadul Karim: Faculty of Law, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-20

Abstract: The number of solar photovoltaic (PV) installations has been increasing worldwide but the high capital cost of installation continues to be the main challenge, particularly in many developing countries. The solar concentrator, a device that focuses the sunlight onto a small area, has the potential to minimize the use of expensive PV material while maintaining the system’s performance, ultimately bringing down its overall cost. This study aims to predict the annual electrical output of a specific concentrator design called the rotationally asymmetrical dielectric totally internally reflecting concentrator (RADTIRC). The aforementioned design is assumed to be installed in Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany. First, a short review of concentrators is provided. Next, a description of the RADTIRC and the previous research that revolved around it are provided. Afterwards, the key parameters that are needed to determine the annual electrical output of the RADTIRC are explained before presenting the results of the simulations. It was found that the yearly energy yield was increased by a factor of 2.29 when the RADTIRC-PV module was used when compared with the non-concentrating PV module.

Keywords: photovoltaic; optical concentrator; rotationally asymmetrical dielectric totally internally reflecting concentrator; annual output; Berlin (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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