VOLUME I A 64 KW CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS APPLICATION TEST CENTER FINAL RETORT

摘要

Kaman Sciences Corporation has designed a 64 KW Concentrating Photovoltaic Applications Test Center (APTEC) for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract Number ET-78-C-04-4278. The APTEC employs a combined concentrating photovoltaic array in a total energy system application for load sharing the electric and thermal demands of a large computer center with the interfaced electric and natural gas utility.nThe photovoltaic array is composed of two-axis tracking heliostats of Fresnel lens concentrating, silicon solar cell modules. The modules are cooled with a fluid which transfers heat to a ground coupled heat sink/storage unit for subsequent use in meeting the computer center's thermal load demand.