Abstract
A new cooling method by directly immersing the solar cells into phase-change liquid was put forward to cool dense-array solar cells in high concentrating photovoltaic system. A self-running system was built to study the feasibility of temperature control and the effect of bubbles generated by ethanol phase change under concentration ratio ranged between 219.8× and 398.4×. The results show that the cooling system is self-regulating without consuming extra energy and ethanol flow rate reaches up to 180.6kg/(s·m2) under 398.4×. The temperature of solar cells distributes in the range between 87.3°C and 88.5°C, the surface heat transfer coefficient of electric heating plate is up to 23.49kW/(m2·K) under 398.4×. The bubble effect on electrical performance of triple-junction solar cells is reported and the results show that Isc and Pmax decline 10.2% and 7.3%, respectively. A model based on bubble images illustrates that light loss at the interface between ethanol and bubble is the main reason to cut down the electrical performance.
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