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Wednesday, 20 October, 2010
| 18:00 | Informal Reception and Registration |
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Thursday 21 October, 2010
| 09:00 | Registration |
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| 09:45 | Workshop Opening: Bankability and CPV Session I: Optical Design |
| 10:00 | Chromatic
aberration compensation in Semprius' 2-stage CPV design, [PDF] W. Wagner |
| 10:20 | Fresnel-Köhler
(FK): a high performance Fresnel-based photovoltaic concentrator,
[PDF] P. Zamora, P. Benitez, J.C. Minano, R. Mohedano, A. Cvetkovic, M. Buljan, J. Chaves, O. Dross |
| 10:40 | Improving performances
of Fresnel CPV system: Fresnel-RXI Köhler concentrator, [PDF] M. Buljan, P. Benitez, R. Mohedano, J.C. Minano |
| 11:00 | A
recent experiment in cSiPV, [PDF] P. Bellutti, A. Collini, L. Ferrario, F. Ficorella, F. Mattedi, G. Paternosterr |
| 11:20 | Assessment of
optical errors of concentrator optics for the optimization of design
and production, [PDF] P. Nitz, T. Hornung, G. Kutscheid, A. Heimsath |
| 12:00 | Discussion |
| 12:30 | Buffet Lunch |
| Session II: Optical Design and Manufacturing | |
| 14:00 | Optimization
and design method for 2D parabolic curves as primary optics, [PDF] J.M. Lopez |
| 14:20 | Comparisons
and innovations in primary and secondary concentrators for concentrating
photovoltaics, [PDF] L. Fu, H.P. Annen, R. Leutz |
| 14:40 | Manufacture
of aspheric lenses for high efficient photovolatic concentrator modules,
[PDF] O. Riemer, K. Rickens |
| 15:00 | En route
to volume production of CPV optics, [PDF] T. Luce, J. Cohen |
| 15:20 | Discussion |
| 15:40 | Coffee Break |
| Session III: Concentrators and Longevity | |
| 16:30 | Triplets Project: 3 primaries, 2 secondaries, and 1 cell. An example for successful research cooperation in the CPV industry, R. Leutz, N.N., N.N. |
| 16:45 | Adhesion
of Silicones for Silicone-on-Glass Fresnel lens parquets, [PDF] L. Gonzales, H.P. Annen |
| 17:00 | Durability
of PMMA lenses used in concentrating photovoltaic modules, [PDF] D.C. Miller, L.M. Gedvilas, B. To, C.E. Kennedy, S.R. Kurtz |
| 17:20 | Discussion |
| Dinner | |
| 18:30 | Climate Change,
[PDF] M. Werner, G. Lohman, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany |
| 19:00 | Buffet Dinner |
Friday, 22 October, 2010
| 08:00 | Registration |
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| Session IV: Concentrator Cells | |
| 09:00 | Silicon
based photovoltaic cells for concentration -- recent research and
development progress in laser grooved buried contact cell technology,
[PDF] A. Cole, I. Baistow, L. Brown, S. Devenport, K. Drew, K.C. Heasman, D. Morrison, T.M. Bruton; L. Serenelli, S. de Iuliis, M. Izzi, M. Tucci, E. Salza, L. Pirozzi |
| 09:15 | Reliability and bankability of 3J solar cells incorporating multi-quantum-well (MQW) for enhanced efficiency and light harvesting, T.N.D. Tibbits, M.P. Lumb, A. Dobbin, V. Drouot |
| 09:30 | Photovoltaic cavity converter as a means of expanding the performance of multi-junction and multi-bandgap concentrator systems, U. Ortabasi, D. Aiken |
| 09:45 | Discussion |
| 10:15 | Coffee Break |
| Session V: Low-Concentration Assemblies Vs. Trackers | |
| 11:00 | Low cost,
louvered CPV design, [PDF] H. Zahn, S. Box, C. ter Laak, J. Schroen, R. Winjnen |
| 11:15 | A method
of manufacture for 1-axis reflective concentrators, [PDF] D. Gordon, A. Morrison |
| 11:30 | Optimization
approach to the design and trajectory planning of sun-tracking pv
power plants, [PDF] C. Costa, L. Pina |
| 11:45 | Comparison between
astronomical and light sensor feedback sun-tracking algorithms,
[PDF] D. Coimbra Gomes, L. Pina |
| 12:00 | Discussion |
| 12:30 | Buffet Lunch |
| 14:00 | Podium Discussion: Trackers, Tolerances and Bankability Making trackers: module integrators against module integrators against module integrators? Or is making trackers the reaction to a bottleneck on the way to bankability of CPV? Discussion with R. Pardell, N.N. Pardell, N.N. |
| 15:00 | Free Tour Offshore windpower production for the North Sea, including visit of wind tunnel testing, H. Seifert, fk-wind, University Bremerhaven |
| 18:00 | End |
| Poster | |
| always | Doping optimization in DaAs tunnel diodes for concentrator photovoltaic cells, D. O'Mahony, W. Yu, N. Cordero, I. Mathews, E. Pellucchi, D. Gordon, B. Corbett, A.P. Morrison |
| Design considerations for mechanically stacked solar cells in terrestrial concentrating pv systems, I. Mathews, D. O'Mahony, W. Yu, D. Gordon, N. Cordero, B. Corbett, A.P. Morrison | |
| Safety analysis of a hybrid photovoltaic sun-tracking system, V. Correia, L. Pina | |
| Production optimization of linear concentrators for pv applications, D. Figueriredo, L. Pina |
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