Operating temperature of PV module modified with surface cooling unit in real time condition

Author

Sharma, Madhu ; Bansal, Kamal ; Buddhi, Dharam

Author_Institution

Electr., Power &Energy, Univ. of Pet. & Energy Studies, Dehradun, India

fYear

2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

High operating temperature decreases photo voltaic module efficiency. Normal Operating Cell Temperature, NOCT of silicon crystalline is about 49°C as reported. A cooling unit with reverse flow water circulation is designed, fabricated and applied on PV back surface to partially avoid undesirable effect of its temperature increase. This modified module with cooling unit and similar non-cooled modules are installed outdoor identically at University of Petroleum and Energy Studies campus, Dehradun. Installed Normal Operating Cell Temperature, INOCT of both the modules are determined and compared by varying water flow rate from cooling unit. And also water flow rate is optimized to maintain minimum possible operating temperature.

Keywords

cooling; elemental semiconductors; silicon; solar cells; Dehradun; INOCT; PV module operating temperature; Si; installed normal operating cell temperature; normal operating cell temperature; photovoltaic module efficiency backsurface; reverse flow water circulation; silicon crystalline NOCT; surface cooling unit; water flow rate; Cooling; Photovoltaic systems; Temperature distribution; Temperature measurement; Wind speed; INOCT; PV module; optimum mass flow rate; passive surface cooling unit;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics (IICPE), 2014 IEEE 6th India International Conference on

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6045-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IICPE.2014.7115790

Filename

7115790