Investigation on performance of a solar thermophotovoltaic system

作     者：CHEN Xue, XUAN YiMin & HAN YuGe School of Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing 210094, China 

作者机构：School of Power Engineering Nanjing University of Science & Technology 

出 版 物：《Science China(Technological Sciences)》 (中国科学（技术科学英文版）)

年 卷 期：2008年第51卷第12期

页      面：2285-2294页

核心收录：

学科分类：0810[工学-信息与通信工程] 08[工学] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0702[理学-物理学] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

基　　金：the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China(Grant No.BK2007726) 

主　　题：STPV emitter temperature system efficiency 

摘      要：In the light of the thermo-electric conversion principle, a model for predicting the performance of a solar thermophotovoltaic system is presented. The temperature distributions of the emitter for different concentrator ratios are numerically computed and the influence of the concentrator ratio on the system performance is analyzed. Numerical results show that the emitter temperature and the system efficiency increase with increase of the concentrator ratio. The effects of some other factors such as the spectral filter, cell temperature, and the reflectivity of the top and bottom surfaces of the emitter on the conversion performance of the STPV system are discussed.