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Output Estimation of Concentrator Photovoltaic Using Mappings of Environmental Factors and Performance Ratio

K. Nomura^a, Y. Ota^a, T. Minemoto^b and K. Nishioka^a
^aFaculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-nishi Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
^bCollege of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Shiga 525-8577, Japan

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Estimation of the output energy of concentrator photovoltaic system is difficult, because the output energy of concentrator photovoltaic system installed outdoors is influenced by various environmental factors. A new method to estimate the output energy is proposed using a contour map of environmental factors. The contour map of estimated output energy was quite similar to that of experimentally-measured output energy. The error ratio of the estimated output energy to the actual output energy was only - 0.14%. The result indicates that this method is useful to estimate the output energy of CPV systems.

DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.125.1021
PACS numbers: 42.79.Ek, 88.40.jp