Contribución al desarrollo de sistemas fotovoltaicos de alta concentraciónAnálisis de nuevas configuraciones de módulos

  1. FERRER RODRÍGUEZ, JUAN PABLO
Supervised by:
  1. Pedro Jesús Pérez Higueras Director
  2. Eduardo F. Fernández Co-director

Defence university: Universidad de Jaén

Fecha de defensa: 27 April 2018

Committee:
  1. Pedro Manuel Rodrigo Cruz Chair
  2. Florencia Almonacid Cruz Secretary
  3. Antonio García Loureiro Committee member
Department:
  1. INGENIERÍA ELECTRÓNICA Y AUTOMÁTICA

Type: Thesis

Teseo: 576939 DIALNET lock_openRUJA editor

Abstract

This Thesis is intended to be a contribution to the development of the High Concentrator Photovoltaic technology (HCPV, with concentrations higher than 100 suns) by focusing on the HCPV modules and on the improvement of their configurations, especially in relation to the concentrator optics. This Thesis is composed of six research articles (first quartile in JCR-WOS): four of them are already published and two of them are under revision. Firstly, the analysis of the HCPV modules technology is addressed. Secondly, two HCPV modules are indoors characterised and analysed as a function of the irradiance. Thirdly, the economic aspects related to the HCPV installations are analysed worldwide. Fourthly, regarding the improvement of the concentrator optical systems, a powerful optical modelling is developed. Fifthly, four Fresnel-based HCPV units are mounted for their characterisation in the CPV Solar Simulator. Finally, an ultra-high CPV (UHCPV, more than 1000 suns) module optical design is presented.