TY - GEN
T1 - Design and Construction of Controlled Back Reflectors for Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules
AU - Bowersox, David
AU - Tamizh Mani, Govinda Samy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/11/26
Y1 - 2018/11/26
N2 - Bifacial photovoltaic (PV) modules enable higher power output in the installed systems by using additional light reflected on the back of the cells. Conventionally, the light reflected from the ground surface is used by the bifacial PV systems. The cells in a 48-cell module are less densely packed than 60-cell modules of the same size, which allows light to pass through the intercell area. Presented in this paper, back reflectors with three different reflective profiles have been designed to increase the energy production of these 48-cell modules by effectively utilizing the intercell light passing through the modules. The additional power generation through the introduction of an inexpensive back-side reflector could make 48-cell modules competitive with more densely packed 60-cell modules by reducing expensive cell material without increasing installation size.
AB - Bifacial photovoltaic (PV) modules enable higher power output in the installed systems by using additional light reflected on the back of the cells. Conventionally, the light reflected from the ground surface is used by the bifacial PV systems. The cells in a 48-cell module are less densely packed than 60-cell modules of the same size, which allows light to pass through the intercell area. Presented in this paper, back reflectors with three different reflective profiles have been designed to increase the energy production of these 48-cell modules by effectively utilizing the intercell light passing through the modules. The additional power generation through the introduction of an inexpensive back-side reflector could make 48-cell modules competitive with more densely packed 60-cell modules by reducing expensive cell material without increasing installation size.
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U2 - 10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547940
DO - 10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547940
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85059903587
T3 - 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC
SP - 1735
EP - 1740
BT - 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018
Y2 - 10 June 2018 through 15 June 2018
ER -