Author, as appears in the article.: Hassan, Youssef; Orabi, Mohamed; Alshreef, Abdulaziz; M Al-Rabghi, Omar; Habeebullah, Badr A; El Aroudi, Abdelali; A Ismeil, Mohamed
Department: Enginyeria Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica
URV's Author/s: El Aroudi Chaoui, Abdelali
Keywords: Temperature Solar panel performance Solar panel and excessive heat Radiation Photovoltaic (pv) cell Performance Heat sink Efficiency Back surface cooling of photovoltaic panel
Abstract: © 2020 by the authors. The increase in operating temperature of PV generators leads to degradation of their performance. These adverse effects of high temperatures are considered as one of the most important problems that solar panel operation faces in hot weather areas. Alot of research has been undertaken to study this aspect and find ways of limiting the harm caused by such high temperatures. To overcome this harm and to maintain the operating temperature of the PV cells within the optimum range specified by manufacturers, cooling the solar panels often becomes indispensable. This paper discusses the heat transfer through the solar panel layers and studies the effect of high temperature on the solar panel performance in a hot desert environment. It also presents the development of a new solar panel structure viz. by installing an aluminum heat sink to reduce the effect of temperature rise and thus improve the solar panel performance. The study focuses on a pole-mounted solar panel for a street lighting apparatus in extremely hot desert conditions with fluctuating wind speeds. It will be shown that adding an aluminum heat sink to the solar panel bottom mitigates the effect of increased temperature and hence modifies the solar panel operating point by increasing both the efficiency and the lifetime. The solar cell temperature is decreased by 16.4% as a result of the aluminum heat sink installation on the solar panel back sheet and consequently, the accumulated energy produced by the the solar panel is increased by 13.23% per day.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment Renewable energy, sustainability and the environm Interdisciplinar General computer science Fuel technology Engineering (miscellaneous) Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Energy engineering and power technology Energy (miscellaneous) Energy & fuels Electrical and electronic engineering Economia Control and optimization Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência da computação Building and construction Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 1996-1073
Author's mail: abdelali.elaroudi@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-9103-7762
Record's date: 2024-10-12
Journal volume: 13
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/12/3159
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Energies. 13 (12): 3159-
APA: Hassan, Youssef; Orabi, Mohamed; Alshreef, Abdulaziz; M Al-Rabghi, Omar; Habeebullah, Badr A; El Aroudi, Abdelali; A Ismeil, Mohamed (2020). Improvement of extracted power of pole mounted solar panels by effective cooling using aluminum heat sink under hotweather and variablewind speed conditions. Energies, 13(12), 3159-. DOI: 10.3390/en13123159
Article's DOI: 10.3390/en13123159
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2020
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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