Utilize Reflectors to Boost the Performance of Solar Modules

What is it about?

Solar energy, both thermal and photovoltaic, is one of the most important renewable energy sources on the planet. To increase the output power of solar collectors, V-trough reflector systems were built. The experiment was conducted in Baghdad. When the cavity angle was set to 30*, the study discovered that the solar reflector system increased output power by increasing the maximum circuit current as the solar modules were exposed to more incident solar radiation from space at solar noon, the average output power gain was greater than 10.05 percent when compared to a reference module, and the photovoltaic panel's maximum and average efficiencies with both side reflectors were 10.75 percent and 9.78 percent, respectively. As illustrated here, V-Trough reflector systems combined with solar module systems have an advantageous lower cost ratio.

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Photo by Manny Becerra on Unsplash

Photo by Manny Becerra on Unsplash

Why is it important?

While solar cell technology is a promising source of clean energy sources, its prohibitively high cost precludes widespread adoption. As a result, over the last 200 years, the cost of photovoltaic energy generation has decreased . dramatically and has now stabilized. There are a number of ways to reduce the amount of PV material used per kilowatt of generated power. Concentrator PV technologies are among them. Optically concentrated PV cells are used instead of expensive PV cells to reduce material consumption in PV concentrator technology. A concentrating photovoltaic system requires a smaller solar cell, which reduces the overall cost by a factor of the concentration ratio when compared to non-concentrating photovoltaic systems.

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