• 대한기계학회논문집B
• /
• 제35권6호
• /
• pp.551-560
• /
• 2011

본 연구에서는 열분산기 및 자연대류 히트 싱크로 구성된 집광형 태양전지 모듈용 냉각 장치를 제안하고자 한다. 이를 위해, 기존 연구자들의 해석적 연구를 바탕으로 집광형 태양전지 모듈용 열분산기 및 자연대류 히트 싱크를 설계하였다. 제안된 냉각 장치의 성능을 평가하기 위하여, 발열량과 수직 기준 경사각 변화에 따른 열성능 평가실험을 수행하였다. 실험결과로부터, 제안된 냉각 장치가 집광형 태양전지 모듈의 설계 조건을 만족하는 것을 확인하였다. 마지막으로 발열량과 수직기준 경사각 변화에 따른 자연대류 히트 싱크의 열성능을 예측할 수 있는 상관식을 제시하였다.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
• /
• 제31권4호
• /
• pp.95-102
• /
• 2011

In this paper, the thermal performance of a heat spreader module for CPV(Concentrating Photovoltaic) cooling is experimentally investigated. In order to evaluate the thermal performance of the heat spreader module which consists of a Metal PCB and an aluminum alloy heat spreader, experiments are conducted with varying the type of the metal PCB, the thickness of the heat spreader, the inclination angle, and the applied heat flux. To validate the experimental data, three dimensional numerical simulations are performed using the commercial simulation tool in the present work. The experimental results are compared with the corresponding numerical results and are in close agreement with the numerical results. From the experimental results, the temperature difference between the maximum temperature and the ambient temperature increases with decreasing the thickness of the heat spreader and with increasing the applied heat flux. Also, it is found that the inclination angle significantly affects the thermal performance of the heat spreader. the maximum temperature difference of the heat spreader with the horizontal orientation is much larger than that with the vertical orientation.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
• /
• 제35권1호
• /
• pp.1-8
• /
• 2015

In the present study, the effects of the heat spreader thickness and the heat sink size on the thermal performance of a cooling device for a concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) module were numerically investigated. Numerical simulation was conducted by using the simulation tool ICEPAK, commercial software based on the finite volume method. Numerical results were validated by comparing the existing experimental data. The thermal performance of a cooling device, which consisted of a heat spreader and a natural convective heat sink, was evaluated with varying the heat spreader thickness and the heat sink size. The geometric configuration of the natural convective heat sink, such as the fin height, the fin spacing, and the fin thickness, was optimized by using the existing correlation. The numerical results showed that the thermal performance of the cooling device increased as the heat spreader thickness or the heat sink size increased. Also, it was found that the spreading thermal resistance plays an important role in the thermal performance of the cooling device which has the localized heat source.