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Solar Simulators

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Glossary

Airmass:

Amount of air in the atmosphere through which sunlight passes

AM0:

Spectral reference for space applications

AM 1:

Spectral reference for terrestrial applications, zenith incidence

AM 1.5:

Spectral reference for terrestrial applications, sloping incidence

Blackbody:

An ideal heat radiation emitter

CSP:

Concentrated solar power

Flux:

Irradiation density or density of radiative heat flow

HFSS:

High-flux solar simulator

IR:

Infrared electromagnetic radiation

LED:

Light-emitting diode

OFR:

Ozone free

Peak flux:

The highest flux concentration

PV:

Photovoltaics

UV:

Ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation

Definition of the Subject

Solar simulators are devices that are designed to create a temporally stable radiation with a spectrum close to the real sunlight. The main advantage of solar simulators compared to the real sunlight is their temporal stability and independency of daytime and weather conditions. They are essential for the research of photovoltaic cells, receivers,...

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Laaber, D. (2021). Solar Simulators. In: Meyers, R.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2493-6_1055-1

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