The solar noise barrier project: 3. The effects of seasonal spectral variation, cloud cover and heat distribution on the performance of full-scale luminescent solar concentrator panels

We report on the relative performances of two large-scale luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) noise barriers placed in an outdoor environment monitored for over a year. Comparisons are made for the performances of a number of attached photovoltaic cells with changing spectral illumination, cloud cover conditions and other seasonal variations,...

The solar noise barrier project: 1 effect of incident light orientation on the performance of a large-scale luminescent solar concentrator noise barrier

In this work we describe the relative performance of the largest luminescent solar concentrator (LSC)constructed to date. Comparisons are made for performance of North/South and East/West facing panels during a sunny day. It is shown that the East/West panels display much more varied performance during the day, as the structural elements of the...

Luminescent solar noise barrier – large scale testing and modeling

Two modular noise barrier test setups containing photovoltaic modules have been installed in the Netherlands, one in a North/South orientation, and the other in East/West orientation. Both setups contain one set of mono-facial c-Si panels, one set of bi-facial c-Si panels and two luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) panels, one red and one...