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Development of Heating Device Using Concentrator Solar Cells

집광형 태양전지를 이용한 난방장치 개발

  • 이동일 (한국과학기술원 항공우주공학과) ;
  • 백승욱 (한국과학기술원 항공우주공학과)
  • Received : 2013.06.30
  • Accepted : 2013.10.31
  • Published : 2014.01.01
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Abstract

In this study, the generation efficiency of the limited area of a concentrator solar cell was increased by using a solar concentrator and a tracking device. Heat generated by the solar cell was collected using a thermal absorber for supplying hot water or heating. Thus, the concentrator solar cell system provided electricity and heat simultaneously. Tracking of the sun by detecting the sun's position, repositioning of heating device towards the east after sunset, and shutting down of system after sunset were successfully implemented using an illuminance sensor (CdS) and Simulink, a commercial software package. We performed parametric analysis of the velocity, fin installation, and entrance location with respect to the operating temperature of the concentrator solar cell. A heat transfer simulation model was developed for comparing the actual temperature profiles of the concentrator solar cell and thermal absorber, and good agreement was found between the results of the simulations and the experiments.

본 연구는 집광장치와 태양추적장치를 이용함으로서 제한된 면적을 가지는 집광형 태양전지의 발전효율을 증가시키는 연구를 진행하였다. 태양전지에서 발생된 열은 온수나 난방에 사용되도록 흡열기를 이용하여 회수하였다. 이로서 집광형 태양전지를 이용한 시스템은 전기와 열을 동시에 공급할 수 있다. 태양위치에 따른 실시간 추적, 일몰 이후 난방장치의 동쪽방향 원상복귀, 원상복귀후 자동종료는 조도센서와 Simulink 프로그램으로 구현하였다. 흡열기 입구 속도, 핀설치 유무, 입구위치에 따른 흡열기 온도를 해석하였으며 실험결과와 일치하였다.

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