Efficient Hybrid Photovoltaic-Photothermal Solar Conversion System With Cogeneration

D. E. Soule; E. F. Rechel; D. W. Smith; F. A. Willis

doi:10.1117/12.966302

2 December 1985 Efficient Hybrid Photovoltaic-Photothermal Solar Conversion System With Cogeneration

D. E. Soule, E. F. Rechel, D. W. Smith, F. A. Willis

Proceedings Volume 0562, Optical Materials Technology for Energy Efficiency and Solar Energy Conversion IV; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966302
Event: 29th Annual Technical Symposium, 1985, San Diego, United States

Abstract

A new type of concentrating photovoltaic-photothermal solar conversion system with output cogeneration is presented. This technique, called total solar cogeneration (TSC), converts the total solar spectrum directly and cogenerates the output into three energy components: high-temperature heat (HT), photovoltaic electricity (PV), and low-temperature heat (LT). A specially designed heat-mirror with a beam-splitting technique is used to direct a selected portion of the solar spectrum to a HT evacuated-tube receiver. This high-grade heat transfer is optimized, while effectively maintaining the integrity of the photovoltaic conversion efficiency. High-current A.S.E.C. silicon solar cells (nominally 18.3% efficient at 28°C and 35x) are used. An analysis of heat-mirror transmittance profiles has led to an optimized theoretical parametric model profile, that in a TSC system is capable of delivering HT heat with 39% efficiency, while reducing PV efficiency by only 3.4%. In an experimental TSC concentrating module using a dielectric-Au-dielectric multilayer heat-mirror with optical losses, the projected output is HT heat (150°-250°C) at 17.8% efficiency, 12 V d.c. PV electricity at 9.5%, and LT heat (50°-70°C) at 41.9%, with a total cogenerated output efficiency of 69%.

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D. E. Soule, E. F. Rechel, D. W. Smith, and F. A. Willis "Efficient Hybrid Photovoltaic-Photothermal Solar Conversion System With Cogeneration", Proc. SPIE 0562, Optical Materials Technology for Energy Efficiency and Solar Energy Conversion IV, (2 December 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966302

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