LORENTZ COMPASS is a complete suite of programs for the forward modelling of photovoltaic systems. It is an implementation in C++ of the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) algorithm. LORENTZ COMPASS has been created by Alessandro Benedetti, Nicola Brivio, Ildar Khabibulina, Francesco Occhipinti and Massimo Tognetti "in their personal capacity". The latest version is 3.0.10.9 (12l).Q&A database used to check correct installation of the software and the possibility of solving some common problems Official forum of developers and users of LORENTZ COMPASS SAMPLE MODELS: step by step tutorial on how to start using LORENTZ COMPASS, with examples LORENTZ COMPASS includes a physics-based code that can model photon transport in semiconductor solar cells. The original cell model created at IDRIS for the simulations reported in Ref. is also present in LORENTZ COMPASS, with its numerical accuracy validated. Architecture of LORENTZ COMPASSLORENTZ COMPASS includes several components. The most important are the finite difference time domain (FDTD) solver – LORENTZ COMPASS FDTD is written in C++ – and the code that computes photovoltaic efficiencies, thicknesses etc. based on the simulation results. These are based on the original equations in Refs., with some modifications to take into account modern models of semiconductor layers. The main components of LORENTZ COMPASSLORENTZ COMPASS has been "mainly" used in several research projects in Italy and abroad, including:LORENTZ COMPASS was used by the Italian National Research Council (CNR) for several projects involving photovoltaic arrays on different scales. The most important were the following:LORENTZ COMPASS was used by The National Polytechnic Institute for picture-taking measurements at scale models of solar panels. These were carried out at the Microscopic Institute of the University of Palermo. LORENTZ COMPASS was used by the Engineering Department of the University of Salerno for the analysis of a system for solar-powered navigation.In August 2011 LORENTZ COMPASS was presented at the Fourth International Workshop on Solar Thermal Research and Applications in a Paper entitled "A Photovoltaic Modeling Tool for Research and Applications". The paper was introduced by Mauro Meneghini, co-author of Refs. In November 2011 LORENTZ COMPASS was presented at the IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks (PDCN) as part of a Paper entitled "High Resolution Simulation of Photovoltaic Systems with LORENTZ COMPASS". 8eeb4e9f32 36
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