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the problem is the following. I’m pretty lost. [#7.19] Concentration of sunlight

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the problem is the following. I’m pretty lost.

[#7.19]

Concentration of sunlight onto photovoltaic cells is desiredsince the concentrating mirrors and lenses are less expensive thanthe photovoltaic material. Consider the solar photovoltaic cell ofProblem 7.18 ( 7.18info and diagram, click here). A 100 mm x 100 mm photovoltaiccell is irradiated with concentrated solar energy. Since theconcentrating lens is glass, it absorbs 10% of the irradiationinstead of the top surface of the solar cell, as in Problem 7:18.The remaining irradiation is reflected from the system (7%) or isabsorbed in the silicon semiconductor material of the photovoltaiccell (83%). The photovoltaic cell is cooled by air directedparallel to its top and bottom surfaces. The air temperature andvelocity are 25 degrees C and 5 m/s, respectively, and the bottomsurface is coated with a high emissivity paint, b=0.95

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(A) - Determine the electric power produced by the photovoltaiccell and the silicon temperature for a square concentrating lenswith Llens = 400 mm, which focuses the irradiationfalling on the lens to the smaller area of the photovoltaic cell.Assume the concentrating lens temperature is 25 degrees C and doesnot interfere with boundary layer development over the photovoltaiccell’s top surface. The top and bottom boundary layers areboth tripped to turbulent conditions at the leading edge of thephotovoltaic material.


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