Performance evaluation of bifacial PV modules using high thermal conductivity fins

Li, Jiaqi; Zhou, Yanfang; Niu, Xinwei; Sun, Shouliang; Xu, Li; Jian, Yanzhen; Cheng, Qing

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2022.09.017

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“…The effects of rear-to-front solar radiation, ambient temperature, and wind speed on the performance of a bi-facial PV cell are presented in Figure 11. The rear-to-front solar radiation and ambient temperature show a negative effect, while the wind speed shows a positive effect on the PV cell efficiency [57]. The relation between PV cell temperature and efficiency is the same as that obtained for the mono-facial PV cell, with an efficiency change rate of 0.067% per 1°C.…”

Section: Performance Of Bi-facial Pv Cellsupporting

confidence: 66%

Thermal comparison of mono-facial and bi-facial photovoltaic cells considering the effect of TPT layer absorptivity

Radwan

Mahmoud

Olabi

et al. 2023

International Journal of Thermofluids

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Section: Performance Of Bi-facial Pv Cellsupporting

confidence: 66%

Thermal comparison of mono-facial and bi-facial photovoltaic cells considering the effect of TPT layer absorptivity

Radwan

Mahmoud

Olabi

et al. 2023

International Journal of Thermofluids

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“…BPV modules, however, are able to produce more energy at higher cell temperatures compared to monofacial PV cells [49]. It is, therefore, expected that BPV cells will perform better in the future as climate change affects levels of solar insolation, and the energy yield is expected to drop from 8% to 8.4% between 2020 and 2080 [50]. This bodes well for the future of BPV in hot climates such as Oman where a 105 MWp solar project has been commissioned [49].…”

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A review of bifacial solar photovoltaic applications

Garrod,

Ghosh

2023

Front. Energy

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Bifacial photovoltaics (BPVs) are a promising alternative to conventional monofacial photovoltaics given their ability to exploit solar irradiance from both the front and rear sides of the panel, allowing for a higher amount of energy production per unit area. The BPV industry is still emerging, and there is much work to be done until it is a fully mature technology. There are a limited number of reviews of the BPV technology, and the reviews focus on different aspects of BPV. This review comprises an extensive in-depth look at BPV applications throughout all the current major applications, identifying studies conducted for each of the applications, and their outcomes, focusing on optimization for BPV systems under different applications, comparing levelized cost of electricity, integrating the use of BPV with existing systems such as green roofs, information on irradiance and electrical modeling, as well as providing future scope for research to improve the technology and help the industry.

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A Novel Cooling System by Surface Corrugation and Nanofluid Utilization for the Performance Improvement of Photovoltaic Module Coupled with Thermoelectric Generator and Efficient Computations by Using Artificial Neural Network-Based Hybrid Scheme

Selimefendigil,

Okulu,

Oztop

2024

Arab J Sci Eng

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For a photovoltaic module coupled with thermoelectric generator, a unique wavy cooling channel is proposed, and its performance is numerically assessed by using three-dimensional computations. The cooling channel uses nanofluid of alumina–water with various shaped nanoparticles (spherical, cylindrical and brick). Numerical simulations are performed for a range of parameters for the corrugation amplitude ($$0 \le \text {Amp} \le 0.1$$ 0 ≤ Amp ≤ 0.1 ), wave frequency ($$2 \le \text {Nf} \le 16$$ 2 ≤ Nf ≤ 16 ), nanoparticle loading quantity ($$0 \le \text {SVF} \le 0.03$$ 0 ≤ SVF ≤ 0.03 ), and nanoparticle shape (spherical, brick, and cylindrical). We analyze the photovoltaic module’s average temperature and temperature uniformity for a variety of parameter variations. When nanofluid and greater channel corrugation amplitudes are utilized, the average panel surface temperature is decreased more. A wavy shape of the cooling channel at the maximum corrugation amplitude yields a cell temperature reduction of 1.88 $$^\text {o}$$ o C, while frequency has little impact on average cell temperature and its uniformity. The best-performing particles are those with cylindrical shapes, and the drop-in average photovoltaic temperature with solid volume fraction is essentially linear. As utilizing cylindrical-shaped particles, the average temperature of corrugated cooling channels decreases by around 1.9 $$^\text {o}$$ o C as compared to flat cooling channels with base fluid at the greatest solid volume fraction. As compared to un-cooled photovoltaic, cell temperature drops by around 43.2 $$^\text {o}$$ o C when employing thermoelectric generator. However, temperature drop value of 59.8 $$^\text {o}$$ o C can be obtained by using thermoelectric generator and nano-enhanced wavy cooling channel utilizing cylindrical-shaped nanoparticles. An hybrid computational strategy for the fully coupled system of photovoltaic with cooling system is provided, which reduces the computational time by a factor of 75.

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Performance evaluation of bifacial PV modules using high thermal conductivity fins

Cited by 21 publications

References 45 publications

Thermal comparison of mono-facial and bi-facial photovoltaic cells considering the effect of TPT layer absorptivity

Thermal comparison of mono-facial and bi-facial photovoltaic cells considering the effect of TPT layer absorptivity

A review of bifacial solar photovoltaic applications

A Novel Cooling System by Surface Corrugation and Nanofluid Utilization for the Performance Improvement of Photovoltaic Module Coupled with Thermoelectric Generator and Efficient Computations by Using Artificial Neural Network-Based Hybrid Scheme

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