Análisis, caracterización y modelado del comportamiento en exterior de módulos de concentración fotovoltaica

Abstract

The present PhD goes in depth in the study and analysis of the outdoor electrical performance presented by CPV modules, as well as in the dependence of this performance on the registered environmental conditions. Among them, when evaluating the electric performance of CPV modules, the following variables were considered: direct normal irradiance (DNJ), spectral distribution of the incident irradiance- through two alternative indexes: average photon energy (APE) and spectral matching ratio (SMR)-, ambient temperature (Tamb) and wind speed (Ws). Along this Thesis two different models based on polynomic regression and multiple linear equations, have been proposed to predict the maximum power delivered by the CPV modules. Furthermore, two models based on the use of artificial neural networks have been implemented. These models permit simulating the entire I-V curve of CPV modules.