Cooling of Solar Pv Panels Using Evaporative Cooling

Haidar, Zeyad A.; Orfi, Jamel; Öztop, Hakan F.; Kaneesamkandi, Zakariya

doi:10.18186/jte.72554

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“…The cotton wick immerses helped the distribution of water entirely on the backside of the PV module, which gave continuous cooling throughout the experiment. Compared to other studies used different evaporation cooling techniques conducted by (Chandrasekar and Senthilkumar 2016;Haidar et al 2016;Haidar et al 2021), the mechanism of evaporative cooling used has enhanced the performance of the PV module better, which makes it more reliable for application. Table 2 shows the PV module performance compared with previous studies that used similar cooling methods to…”

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“…Another technique consists of a piece of cloth placed inside an inclined duct attached to the backside of the PV module; water flows on a piece of cloth with air blown by a fan inside the duct in the direction of water flow. Passing the air on the wetting cloth surface inside the duct causes water to evaporate, absorbing the heat from the PV module due to cooling the air, thus decreasing the PV module temperature and enhancing the electricity production (Haidar et al 2016). A study has proposed passive cooling, consisting of the heat sink with fins made of aluminum and copper fins placed at the backside of the PV modules.…”

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Effect of Evaporative Cooling on Photovoltaic Module Performance

Alktranee

Bencs

2022

Process Integr Optim Sustain

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The photovoltaic module (PV) consists of many photovoltaic cells made of silicon that lose their properties with an increased temperature. Increasing photovoltaic cell temperature represents an intrinsic problem that causes a drop in the open-circuit voltage of the PV module, thus affecting its performance. The present work investigates using evaporating cooling as a passive cooling technique to absorb the generated heat from the PV module and lower its temperature by cotton wicks immersed in the water (CWIWs) attached to the backside photovoltaic module. The CWIWs decrease air dry temperature and increase humidity and then produce cool air to help cool PV modules. The results showed dropped PV module temperature by about 22% attributed to providing appropriate cooling produced by the moist condition of the cotton bristles immersed by water exposed to the wind. The output power generation and efficiency have increment by 16.3 W and 53%, respectively. The electrical exergy was equivalent to output power under the evaporating cooling, while entropy generation dropped about 14% with increased the PV module temperature.

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Effect of Evaporative Cooling on Photovoltaic Module Performance

Alktranee

Bencs

2022

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“…It was found that PCM effectiveness was dependent on the seasonal weather conditions and the PCM internal temperature. Haidar et al [12] developed a mathematical model to study the effect of evaporative cooling on performance of solar PV. The model considered heat and mass exchange between air, layers of water and solar PV to determine the effectiveness of cooling considering solar radiation intensity, air and water inlet temperatures resulting in 6 0C of reduction in solar PV panel surface temperature.…”

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Experimental investigation and validation of solar PV cooling for enhanced energy conversion efficiency for Indian climatic conditions

Bhat

Iyengar

et al. 2022

Journal of Thermal Engineering

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Solar Photovoltaic (PV) cells convert an average of 10 to 15% of the incident solar radiation into electricity and remaining energy is wasted as unused heat energy. The p erformance of solar PV is largely dependent on its operating temperature, which is again dependent on solar irradiation. The efficiency of solar PV reduces the higher PV temperature due to charge carrier recombination. The solar PV efficiency drops considerably wit h increasing temperature. Dust deposition on the surface of solar PV cells reduce incident energy and no technology is commercially available to mitigate the problem. The objective of the present work is to enhance the energy conversion efficiency of solar PV by adopting Front Water (FW) cooling technique. The FW cooling technique maintains the cell temperature at Standard Test Conditions (STC) irrespective of ambient air conditions and also washes away dust deposits, thereby providing maximum energy conversion efficiency specified by the cell manufacturer during the operation with increased lifecycle of solar cells. The experiment was carried out on a 100 W solar panel for a period of 2 weeks and data acquisition system with Arduino controller was used to analyze and maintain STC of the panel to obtain maximum power. The mathematical model of the system was analyzed and obtained results were in good agreement with the experimental measurements. The solar PV panel with FW cooling yielded an efficiency improvement of 9% with 17 W of increased power output at Maximum Power Point (MPP). MATLAB Simulink software is used to model t he FW cooling technique. The model is able to predict the power generated by the solar PV cells for the given irradiance with and without cooling. The developed model can now be utilized to design cooling systems for larger installation of solar PV systems.

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“…Increasing temperature would reduce efficiency and decrease the life span of the panel [7]. Therefore, temperature is one of the issues often considered as a notable parameter for researchers, and many solutions have been proposed to overcome this problem [8][9][10][11][12][13][14].…”

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An experimental investigation on the effects of dust accumulation on a photovoltaic panel efficiency utilized near agricultural land

Sheshpoli

Jahanian

Nikzadfar

2021

J Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng.

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Renewable energies can be considered as an appropriate alternative to fossil fuels and solar energy usually utilized via photovoltaic systems and is a popular field of interest due to its wide availability and ease of uses. However, the efficiency of a photovoltaic panel depends on many environmental parameters. In this study, an experimental investigation is designed to trace the effects of dust accumulation on the surface of a photovoltaic panel. This paper focused on the near-farm dust on the panels used for agriculture purposes. Three modes have been considered: clean, dusty, and muddy. Test has been done for different modes and results show the important role of dust accumulation on panel efficiency. The highest efficiency gained for a clean, dusty, and muddy panel was 15.69%, 10.29%, and 5.67%, respectively. Keywords Photovoltaic panel • Efficiency • Dust accumulation • Muddy List of symbolsA PV module area (m 2 ) G Solar radiation intensity (W/m 2 ) FF Fill factor V oc Open-circuit voltage (V oc ) I sc Short-circuit current P max Maximum power (W) PV Photovoltaic STC Standard test conditions Greek symbol η Efficiency (%) * Omid Jahanian

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Cooling of Solar Pv Panels Using Evaporative Cooling

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Effect of Evaporative Cooling on Photovoltaic Module Performance

Effect of Evaporative Cooling on Photovoltaic Module Performance

Experimental investigation and validation of solar PV cooling for enhanced energy conversion efficiency for Indian climatic conditions

An experimental investigation on the effects of dust accumulation on a photovoltaic panel efficiency utilized near agricultural land

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