TY - GEN
T1 - Thermal management of conventional P v module
AU - Shetty, DIvya
AU - Arunachala, U. C.
PY - 2019/5/14
Y1 - 2019/5/14
N2 - Cooling of PV module is important because with the increase in cell temperature, efficiency drops. In crystalline silicon cell, the power temperature coefficient is -0.05% for 1°C rise in temperature. The life span of PV also reduces due to same reason. Hence, various PV cooling techniques are employed viz. water spray, use of heat pipes, PCM and thermoelectric coating. All such systems have inherent limitations and hence, in the present study an innovative water duct cooling is introduced. Due to it, the PV module temperature is reduced from 47.6°C to 34°C at 300 W/m2 and 66.4°C to 38°C at 900 W/m2 for water flow rate of 1 lpm, which gave 4-7.2% rise in electrical efficiency. The highest thermal efficiency and overall system efficiency observed were 76.64% and 79.1% respectively.
AB - Cooling of PV module is important because with the increase in cell temperature, efficiency drops. In crystalline silicon cell, the power temperature coefficient is -0.05% for 1°C rise in temperature. The life span of PV also reduces due to same reason. Hence, various PV cooling techniques are employed viz. water spray, use of heat pipes, PCM and thermoelectric coating. All such systems have inherent limitations and hence, in the present study an innovative water duct cooling is introduced. Due to it, the PV module temperature is reduced from 47.6°C to 34°C at 300 W/m2 and 66.4°C to 38°C at 900 W/m2 for water flow rate of 1 lpm, which gave 4-7.2% rise in electrical efficiency. The highest thermal efficiency and overall system efficiency observed were 76.64% and 79.1% respectively.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICASET.2019.8714271
DO - 10.1109/ICASET.2019.8714271
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85067024635
T3 - 2019 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2019
BT - 2019 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2019 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2019
Y2 - 26 March 2019 through 10 April 2019
ER -