Optical Element Design for the Retrofit of the World's First Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) Power Plant

David Miller; Hussam Khonkar; Fahad Alharbi; Abdulaziz Alyahyah; Ralf Leutz

doi:10.1063/1.5124207

Optical Element Design for the Retrofit of the World's First Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) Power Plant

David Miller, Hussam Khonkar, Fahad Alharbi, Abdulaziz Alyahyah, Ralf Leutz

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Abstract

The world's oldest, and still functional, Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) power plant originally rated at 350 kW, and is situated 50 km from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. There are ongoing efforts to retrofit the modules with new secondary optics and triple-junction cell devices. The paper characterizes the initial optical train, whose design is nonconventional in its use of a two-area primary Fresnel lens. The first generation of a retrofit receiver package is described. Challenges beyond the optical design are encountered, including tracking and structural mechanics.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5124207 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5124207
State	Published - 26 Aug 2019
Event	15th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems, CPV 2019 - Fes, Morocco Duration: 25 Mar 2019 → 27 Mar 2019

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Conference	15th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems, CPV 2019
Country/Territory	Morocco
City	Fes
Period	25/03/19 → 27/03/19

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Keywords

lenses
optical elements
photovoltaics
power plants
structural mechanics

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