Improved power output of PV system by low cost evaporative cooling technology

Author

Suresh, Vikram ; Naviynkumar, S. ; Kirubakaran, V.

Author_Institution

Rural Energy Centre, Gandhigram Rural Inst., Dindigul, India

fYear

2013

fDate

12-14 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

640

Lastpage

643

Abstract

This paper investigates, experimentally, the temperature dependence of performance of the solar panel. The panel performance is determined by short circuit current (I_sc), open circuit voltage (V_oc), fill factor (FF) and efficiency (□). The voltage and current characteristics of photovoltaic system is highly influenced by temperature. In order to increase the degree of electrical conversion to diminish heating effect, it is useful to decrease the module temperature. The power output of solar PV system improved by water based evaporative cooling technology without disturbing solar insulation fall on it. The increased efficiency is 10%.

Keywords

cooling; solar cells; electrical conversion; fill factor; low cost evaporative cooling technology; open circuit voltage; photovoltaic system; short circuit current; solar PV system; solar insulation; solar panel; water based evaporative cooling technology; Cooling; Educational institutions; Humidity; Short-circuit currents; Silicon; Temperature; Temperature dependence; Evaporative cooling; improved performance; temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Green Computing, Communication and Conservation of Energy (ICGCE), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chennai

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICGCE.2013.6823514

Filename

6823514