Experimental evaluation of the performance of a photovoltaic panel with water cooling

Author

Bahaidarah, Haitham M. ; Rehman, S. ; Gandhidasan, Palanichamy ; Tanweer, Bilal

Author_Institution

Mech. Eng. Dept., King Fahd Univ. of Pet. & Miner., Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

fYear

2013

fDate

16-21 June 2013

Firstpage

2987

Lastpage

2991

Abstract

A photovoltaic hybrid system cooled by water on the back surface has been designed, developed and tested for its performance evaluation. The performance of the proposed hybrid water cooled PV system has been evaluated for the weather condition of Dhahran, a city lying on the east coast of Saudi Arabia. The experimental results showed that with active water cooling, the module PV temperature dropped significantly to about 20% leading to an increase in panel efficiency of approximately 9%. Furthermore, at an irradiance level of 900w/m², the hybrid system produced 750w of energy whereas the PV only system collected nearly 190w.

Keywords

cooling; performance evaluation; solar cells; Dhahran; Saudi Arabia; active water cooling; hybrid water cooled PV system; module PV temperature; performance evaluation; photovoltaic hybrid system; photovoltaic panel performance; water cooling; weather condition; Cooling; Performance evaluation; Photovoltaic systems; Solar energy; Temperature measurement; Water heating; Saudi Arabia; efficiency; heat transfer; photovoltaic cells; solar energy; water cooling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2013 IEEE 39th

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745090

Filename

6745090