Performance of 3-sun mirror modules on sun tracking carousels on flat roof buildings

Lewis Fraas; James Avery; Leonid Minkin; Curt Maxey; Tony Gehl; Rick Hurt; Robert Boehm

doi:10.1117/12.793179

28 August 2008 Performance of 3-sun mirror modules on sun tracking carousels on flat roof buildings

Lewis Fraas, James Avery, Leonid Minkin, Curt Maxey, Tony Gehl, Rick Hurt, Robert Boehm

Proceedings Volume 7043, High and Low Concentration for Solar Electric Applications III; 704305 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.793179
Event: Solar Energy + Applications, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Commercial buildings represent a near term market for cost competitive solar electric power provided installation costs and solar photovoltaic module costs can be reduced. JX Crystals has developed a carousel sun tracker that is prefabricated and can easily be deployed on building flat roof tops without roof penetration. JX Crystals is also developing 3-sun PV mirror modules where less expensive mirrors are substituted for two-thirds of the expensive single crystal silicon solar cell surface area. Carousels each with four 3-sun modules have been set up at two sites, specifically at Oak Ridge National Lab and at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. The test results for these systems are presented.

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Lewis Fraas, James Avery, Leonid Minkin, Curt Maxey, Tony Gehl, Rick Hurt, and Robert Boehm "Performance of 3-sun mirror modules on sun tracking carousels on flat roof buildings", Proc. SPIE 7043, High and Low Concentration for Solar Electric Applications III, 704305 (28 August 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.793179

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