Project heads:
Prof. Dr. Michael Hintermüller
Project members:
Tobias Keil
Duration: -
Status:
completed
Located at:
Humboldt Universität Berlin
Description
Solar energy is mostly harvested by means of photovoltaic (PV) or
concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar cells. The efficiency of CPV is
higher (at least twice) than the traditional PV but significantly more
expensive. To reduce costs, optical condensers (e.g., a Fresnel lens) to
concentrate solar light on each CPV cell are used. Moreover, since the
energy production is maximized when the panels are perpendicular to the
light beam, mechanical tracking systems that move the array of solar
panels based on the position of the sun. But these tracking system
increases costs, requires power and are error-prone. The goal of this
project is the optimal design and control of steerers and concentrators
for PV or CPV using electrowetting (EW) and electrowetting-on-dielectric
(EWOD).
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