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Chapter 7 Problem 7.30

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Consider the concentrating photovoltaic apparatus of 7.19. The apparatus is to be installed in adesert environment, so the space between the concen-trating lens and top of the photovoltaic cell isenclosed to protect the cell from sand abrasion inwindy conditions. Since convection cooling from thetop of the cell is reduced by the enclosure, an engi-neer proposes to cool the photovoltaic cell by attach-ing an aluminum heat sink to its bottom surface. Theheat sink dimensions and material are the same asthose of 7.29. A contact resistance of0.510?4m2?K/W exists at the photovoltaiccell/heat sink interface and a dielectric liquid(k?0.064 W/m?K, ??1400 kg/m3, cp?1300 J/kg?K, ??10?6m2/s, Pr?25) flows between the heat sinkfins at u??3 m/s, T??25?C. (a) Determine the electric power produced by the pho-tovoltaic cell and the silicon temperature for asquare concentrating lens with Llens?400 mm.(b) Compare the electric power produced by the photo-voltaic cell with the heat sink in place and with thebottom surface cooled directly by the dielectricfluid (i.e., no heat sink) for Llens?1.5 m.(c) Determine the electric power output and the silicontemperature over the range 100 mmLlens?3000 mm with the aluminum heat sink in place.

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Title Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer 7 
Author Theodore L. Bergman; Adrienne S. Lavine; Frank P. Incropera; David P. DeWitt
ISBN 9780470501979

Consider the concentrating photovoltaic apparatus of .19.

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