Efficiency of geometric designs of flexible solar panels: mathematical simulation

Malgorzata Marciniak; Yasser Hassebo; Delfino Enriquez-Torres; Maria Ignacia Serey-Roman

doi:10.1117/12.2274411

17 October 2017 Efficiency of geometric designs of flexible solar panels: mathematical simulation

Malgorzata Marciniak, Yasser Hassebo, Delfino Enriquez-Torres, Maria Ignacia Serey-Roman

Proceedings Volume 10379, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XIV; 103790E (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2274411
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2017, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze various surfaces of flexible solar panels and compare them to the traditional at panels mathematically. We evaluated the efficiency based on the integral formulas that involve flux. We performed calculations for flat panels with different positions, a cylindrical panel, conical panels with various opening angles and segments of a spherical panel. Our results indicate that the best efficiency per unit area belongs to particular segments of spherically-shaped panels. In addition, we calculated the optimal opening angle of a cone-shaped panel that maximizes the annual accumulation of the sun radiation per unit area. The considered shapes are presented below with a suggestion for connections of the cells.

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Malgorzata Marciniak, Yasser Hassebo, Delfino Enriquez-Torres, and Maria Ignacia Serey-Roman "Efficiency of geometric designs of flexible solar panels: mathematical simulation", Proc. SPIE 10379, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XIV, 103790E (17 October 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2274411

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