Abstract
Thermal management is a critical issue for normal operation of dense-array solar cells in high concentration photovoltaic system. A cooling method of direct-contact liquid film was experimentally and numerically investigated. In the experiments, deionized water was adopted as coolant and an electric heating plate was optimal designed to simulate dense-array solar cells. A two-dimension model was derived to present the temperature distribution on the surface of the simulated solar cells and flow characteristic of liquid film. The effect of various inlet parameters such as water temperature, inlet width and velocity had been numerical studied. The experiment results suggest that the surface temperature is well controlled under 120 °C at corresponding conditions, with concentration ratios ranging from 300 to 500X. The numerical results show that inlet width has a crucial effect on the liquid film thickness. The subcooled boiling state is a necessary condition to ensure cooling effect. High water inlet temperature is preferable for better heat transfer performance and temperature uniformity. The best optimizing inlet velocity, width and temperature are 1.06 m/s, 0.75 mm and 75 °C, respectively.
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