Simulating the annual energy yield of a rotationally asymmetrical optical concentrator.

Freier, Daria; Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus; Abu-Bakar, Siti Hawa; Ramirez-Iniguez, Roberto; Munir, Abu Bakar; Yasin, Siti Hajar Mohd; Bani, Nurul Aini; Mas'ud, Abdullahi Abubakar; Ardila-Rey, Jorge Alfredo; Karim, Md Ershadul; Yusoff, Zulfadzli

Abstract

This paper simulates the annual energy yield of a concentrator called the rotationally asymmetrical dielectric totally internally reflective concentrator (RADTIRC). One specific design of the RADTIRC is assumed to be installed in Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany. Simulation and experimental work have been carried out to determine the optical concentration gain under direct and diffuse radiations. Based on the analysis, 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.

Citation

FREIER, D., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F., ABU-BAKAR, S.H., RAMIREZ-INIGUEZ, R., MUNIR, A.B., YASIN, S.H.M., BANI, N.A., MAS'UD, A.A., ARDILA-REY, J.A., KARIM, M.E. and YUSOFF, Z. 2018. Simulating the annual energy yield of a rotationally asymmetrical optical concentrator. In Proceedings of the 7th IEEE international conference on photonoics (ICP 2018), 9-11 April 2018, Langkawi, Malaysia. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE [online], article ID 8533197. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICP.2018.8533197

• Conference Name: 7th IEEE international conference on photonoics (ICP 2018)
• Conference Location: Langkawi, Malaysia
• Start Date: Apr 9, 2018
• End Date: Apr 11, 2018
• Acceptance Date: Dec 15, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Nov 15, 2018
• Publication Date: Nov 15, 2018
• Deposit Date: Nov 27, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 27, 2018
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Series ISSN: 2330-5665
• ISBN: 9781538611883
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICP.2018.8533197
• Keywords: Solar photovoltaic; Building integrated; Photovoltaic systems; Rotationally asymmetrical dielectric totally internally reflecting concentrator; Annual output; Berlin
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/3228