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ENefficiency 
(Unit: dimensionless, usually expressed as a percentage, %)

a) aperture area efficiency

ratio of the active aperture area to the total aperture area of the concentrator PV module

b) lens efficiency

ratio of the spectrally weighted irradiance concentration to the geometric concentration ratio


TC/SC:82Terms     Info     Publications
Published in:IEC 61836, ed. 2.0 (2007-12) Terms     Info
Reference number:3.8.7

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