Indoor characterisation of a reverse truncated pyramid concentrator.

Tamuno-Ibuomi, Lewis Osikibo; Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus; Ramirez-Iniguez, Roberto; Ardila-Rey, Jorge Alfredo; Abu-Bakar, Siti Hawa; Bani, Nurul Aini; See, Chan Hwang; Faisal, Nadimul Haque; Sellami, Nazmi

Abstract

The development of concentrating photovoltaic (PV) started in 1960s and over the years, a variety of concentrator designs have been explored. One of its applications is for use in building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) with the aim of producing a cheaper alternative to a traditional PV panel. This paper presents the experimental characterization of a low concentrating photovoltaic (LCPV) unit that utilizes a reverse truncated pyramid (RTP) concentrator design. The RTP has a geometrical gain of 3.61 and a total height of 40 mm. The result from indoor characterization shows that the RTP-PV device could achieve an opto-electronic gain of 3.0 with a measured half-acceptance angle of ±23.8˚. The RTP-PV can be used as a suitable alternative to traditional solar PV panels.

Citation

TAMUNO-IBUOMI, L.O., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F., RAMIREZ-INIGUEZ, R., ARDILA-REY, J.A., ABU-BAKAR, S.H., BANI, N.A., SEE, C.H., FAISAL, N.H. and SELLAMI, N. 2021. Indoor characterisation of a reverse truncated pyramid concentrator. In Proceedings of 48th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photovoltaic specialists conference 2021 (PVSC 2021), 20-25 June 2021, [virtual conference]. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 2348-2350. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518741

• Conference Name: 48th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photovoltaic specialists conference 2021 (PVSC 2021)
• Conference Location: [virtual conference]
• Start Date: Jun 20, 2021
• End Date: Jun 25, 2021
• Acceptance Date: Mar 14, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Jun 25, 2021
• Publication Date: Aug 26, 2021
• Deposit Date: Jul 5, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 5, 2021
• Publisher: IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Pages: 2348-2350
• Series ISSN: 0160-8371
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518741
• Keywords: Photovoltaic; Reverse truncated pyramid; Indoor characterization
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1375061
• Additional Information: The accompanying file for this output also includes the Poster presented alongside the paper at the conference.