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BL
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791770
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b611808
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Giovanni Mattarolo
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Development and Modelling of a Thermophotovoltaic System.\ Giovanni Mattarolo
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Kassel: Kassel University Press GmbH, 2008
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(134 pages)
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3899583752
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: 9783899583755
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"Acknowledgements""Backcover"
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Frontcover"; "Reihentitel"; "Titelseite"; "Impressum"; "Abstract"; "Contents"; "Nomenclature"; "1 Introduction"; "1.1 TPV concept"; "1.2 Comparison with PV technology"; "1.3 Historical background"; "2 PPV systems: compinents and state of the art"; "2.1 TPV system: overview and efficiency"; "2.2 Heat sources available for TPV"; "2.3 Recuperative burner unit"; "2.3.1 Heat exchanger"; "2.3.2 Burner unit"; "2.4 Optical system"; "2.4.1 Spectral properties and radiative heat transfer"; "2.4.2 Spectral control in TPV systems"; "2.4.3 Emitter materials" "2.4.4 Filters and AR coatings""2.5 Thermophotovoltaic cells"; "2.5.1 Photovoltaic effect"; "2.5.2 Characteristics and efficiency measurement of TPV cells"; "2.5.3 Cell types and state of the art"; "2.5.4 Cell cooling system"; "2.6 TPV systems: state of the art"; "2.7 TPV technology: advantages and limits"; "3 Market applications and economic analysis"; "3.1 TPV applications"; "3.2 Competing technologies"; "3.3 Example case: TPV device as back-up generator for standalone PV systems"; "4 Background and approach of the present work"; "4.1 Past projects" "4.2 Persent work: experimental and theoretical approach""5 Development of a TPV system: design and modelling of the components"; "5.1 Recuperative heat exchanger"; "5.1.1 Heat exchanger design"; "5.1.2 Heat exchanger model"; "5.2 Burner"; "5.2.1 Burner design"; "5.2.2 Modelling approach and formulation"; "5.3 Optical system"; "5.3.1 Components and design"; "5.3.2 Optical system model"; "5.4 TPV cells"; "5.4.1 Cell design"; "5.4.2 Cell performance simulation"; "5.5 Cell cooling frame"; "5.5.1 Cooling frame design approach"; "5.5.2 Component realization" "5.6 Complete TPV system theoretical model""5.7 Complements to the TPV device"; "6 Experimental and simulation results"; "6.1 TPV sytem operating conditions"; "6.2 Recuperator effectiveness"; "6.3 Performance of the burner unit"; "6.3.1 Thermal behavior of the emitter materials"; "6.3.2 Validation of the theoretical model"; "6.3.3 Burner efficiency calculation"; "6.4 Optical system performance"; "6.5 Cell performance"; "6.6 Cooling frame design validation"; "6.7 TPV system efficiency"; "6.8 Further system improvements"; "7 Conclusions"; "Bibliography"
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Photovoltaic power generation.
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Giovanni Mattarolo
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