A preliminary analysis has been made of a novel photovoltaic power system concept. The system is composed of a small area, dense photovoltaic array, a large area solar concentrator, and a battery system for energy storage. The feasibility of such a system is assessed for space power applications. The orbital efficiency, specific power, mass, and area of the system are calculated under various conditions and compared with those for the organic Rankine cycle solar dynamic system proposed for Space Station. Near term and advanced large area concentrator photovoltaic systems not only compare favorably to solar dynamic systems in terms of performance but offer other benefits as well.


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    Title :

    A novel photovoltaic power system which uses a large area concentrator mirror


    Additional title:

    Ein neuentwickeltes photovoltaisches Energieversorgungssystem, das grossflaechige Konzentratorspiegel verwendet


    Contributors:
    Arrison, A. (author) / Fatemi, N. (author)


    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    7 Seiten, 5 Bilder, 4 Tabellen, 20 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English