Solar thermophotovoltaic power systems offer potentially high system efficiency for solar energy to electrical energy conversion and attractive system advantages. McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC) has been investigating this technology for both space and terrestrial applications for several years. A testbed prototype was designed, built, and tested on a 90 kWt dish concentrator at the MDA solar test facility. Twelve experiments were conducted with absorber temperatures in excess of 1300 °C being achieved using only a fraction of the reflected power from the 90 kWt dish concentrator. This paper discusses the solar thermophotovoltaic testbed prototype unit, test data, and presents an analysis of the unit’s performance. A combination of analytical analysis and test data is used to obtain an understanding of the system and subsystem performance. The preliminary results of these tests and analysis indicate a solar thermophotovoltaic power system can achieve high system performance. Furthermore, system demonstrations are possible utilizing a combination of current off‐the‐shelf hardware components and components currently being tested in laboratories.
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5 January 1995
The first NREL conference on thermophotovoltaic generation of electricity
1994
Copper Mountain, Colorado (USA)
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January 05 1995
Analysis of solar thermophotovoltaic test data from experiments performed at McDonnell Douglas
K. W. Stone;
K. W. Stone
McDonnell Douglas, 5301 Bolsa Avenue, Huntington Beach, California 92647
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S. M. Kusek;
S. M. Kusek
McDonnell Douglas, 5301 Bolsa Avenue, Huntington Beach, California 92647
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R. E. Drubka;
R. E. Drubka
McDonnell Douglas, 5301 Bolsa Avenue, Huntington Beach, California 92647
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T. D. Fay
T. D. Fay
21911 Bacalar, Mission Viejo, California 92692
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K. W. Stone
S. M. Kusek
R. E. Drubka
T. D. Fay
McDonnell Douglas, 5301 Bolsa Avenue, Huntington Beach, California 92647
AIP Conf. Proc. 321, 153–162 (1995)
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K. W. Stone, S. M. Kusek, R. E. Drubka, T. D. Fay; Analysis of solar thermophotovoltaic test data from experiments performed at McDonnell Douglas. AIP Conf. Proc. 5 January 1995; 321 (1): 153–162. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.47039
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