Research Article
Experimental Characterisation of Photovoltaic Modules with Cells Connected in Different Configurations to Address Nonuniform Illumination Effect
Table 3
Geometrical dimensions of the 2D CPC and V-trough collector.
| | Parameter | CPC (before truncation) | CPC (after truncation) | V-trough |
| | Acceptance half-angle (°) | 30.0 | 30.7 | 21.0 | | Trough angle (°) | [-] | [-] | 10.0 | | Concentration ratio [-] | 2.0 | 1.96 | 1.96 | | Aperture width (mm) | 218.0 | 213.64 | 213.64 | | PV module width (mm) | 118.0 | 118.0 | 118.0 | | PV module length (mm) | 118.0 | 118.0 | 118.0 | | PV module active area (mm) | 109 × 109 | 109 × 109 | 109 × 109 | | Maximum height (mm) | 282.4 | 212.07 | 296.72 | | Collector maximum length (mm) | 500.0 | 500.0 | 500.0 |
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