Title :
Experimental verification of thermal behaviour of photovoltaic modules
Author :
Tina, G.M. ; Abate, R.
Author_Institution :
DIEES-IDRILAB, Catania Univ., Catania
Abstract :
The thermal environment that dictates module operating temperature is complex, also being influenced by many variables such as: irradiance, ambient temperature, speed and direction of the wind and module design, orientation, and mounting structure. This paper presents the results of some experiments aimed to verify the thermal behaviour of a photovoltaic module. The study is also based on an analytical electrical and thermal model that has been developed to calculate the cell temperature starting from measured meteorological data.
Keywords :
photovoltaic cells; cell temperature; circuit modeling; electrical model; photovoltaic modules; thermal behaviour; thermal model; Electric variables measurement; Energy conversion; Energy measurement; Photovoltaic systems; Power measurement; Production; Size measurement; Solar power generation; Temperature measurement; Thermal factors; Circuit modeling; Photovoltaic cell thermal factors; Power measurement; numerical analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference, 2008. MELECON 2008. The 14th IEEE Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
Ajaccio
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1632-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1633-2
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.2008.4618497
