What is it about?
To meet the global demand for a low-carbon renewable energy transition, photovoltaic modules must continue to evolve and expand their renewable power contributions. When the temperature of solar cells exceeds a certain threshold, the overall efficiency of photovoltaic panels decreases. As a consequence, having a cooling system that maintains a moderate temperature on the photovoltaic surface, results in more electricity being generated and fewer carbon emissions into the atmosphere. The goal of this article is to examine how a water-cooling system can be used to boost the output of photovoltaic systems. A clay reservoir holds water, which is then evaporated to lower the temperature of the PV panel. Every 10 minutes, cold water with a temperature of between 13 and 18 degrees Celsius was poured over the front surface of the photovoltaic panel from the clay reservoir. The heat dissipated by the photovoltaic panel contributes to the panel's optimal surface temperature, increasing the panel's efficiency. The findings of this study resulted in an average increase of 11.556 % in photovoltaic panel efficiency.
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Why is it important?
Solar energy is a major source of clean energy that can be used to produce both heat and electricity. Increasing the conversion efficiency, which is highly dependent on panel temperature, is one of the greatest obstacles
Perspectives
when it comes to increasing the output power of solar cells. As the temperature of the photovoltaic cell rises, its efficiency decreases proportionally. that is why using clay vessel to maintain a water temperature between 13 and 18 degrees Celsius. Consequently, to keep a lower temperature in the PV panel with the cooling system than the PV panel used as a reference without cooling.
Mohammed jaffr Ali
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This page is a summary of: Utilization of a clay reservoir to increase the efficiency of the photovoltaic panels via a front surface cooling method, January 2023, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/5.0154583.
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