Time-Resolved Temperature Map Prediction of Concentration Photovoltaics Systems by Means of Coupled Ray Tracing Flux Analysis and Thermal Quadrupoles Modelling

Alejandro Mateos-Canseco, Manuel I. Peña-Cruz, Arturo Díaz-Ponce, Jean-Luc Battaglia, Christophe Pradère and Luis David Patino-Lopez
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Alejandro Mateos-Canseco: CONACYT—Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán—Renewable Energy Department, Parque Científico Tecnológico de Yucatán, Sierra Papacal, Mérida 97302, Yucatán, Mexico
Manuel I. Peña-Cruz: CONACYT—Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica, A.C. Unidad Aguascalientes—Prol. Constitución 607, Fracc. Reserva Loma Bonita, Aguascalientes 20200, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Arturo Díaz-Ponce: CONACYT—Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica, A.C. Unidad Aguascalientes—Prol. Constitución 607, Fracc. Reserva Loma Bonita, Aguascalientes 20200, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Jean-Luc Battaglia: I2M Laboratory, UMR CNRS 5295, University of Bordeaux, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence CEDEX, France
Christophe Pradère: I2M Laboratory, UMR CNRS 5295, University of Bordeaux, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence CEDEX, France
Luis David Patino-Lopez: CONACYT—Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán—Renewable Energy Department, Parque Científico Tecnológico de Yucatán, Sierra Papacal, Mérida 97302, Yucatán, Mexico

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 8, 1-24

Abstract: A transient 3D thermal model based on the thermal quadrupole method, coupled to ray tracing analysis, is presented. This methodology can predict transient temperature maps under any time-fluctuating irradiance flux—either synthetic or experimental—providing a useful tool for the design and parametric optimization of concentration photovoltaics systems. Analytic simulations of a concentration photovoltaics system thermal response and assessment of in-plane thermal gradients induced by fast tracking point perturbations, like those induced by wind, are provided and discussed for the first time. Computation times for time-resolved temperature maps can be as short as 9 s for a full month of system operation, with stimuli inspired by real data. Such information could pave the way for more accurate studies of cell reliability under any set of worldwide irradiance conditions.

Keywords: CPV systems; solar concentration; Fresnel lens; ray tracing; thermal quadrupoles; temperature field; 2D transient thermal analysis (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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