Thermal Design and Evaluation of Cooling Configuration of Solar Photovoltaic Panel

K  L  Raviraj; H  R  Purushothama; A  Manjunatha  and Vijay Kumar Mishra

doi:10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i45/104653

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Thermal Design and Evaluation of Cooling Configuration of Solar Photovoltaic Panel

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i45/104653

Year: 2016, Volume: 9, Issue: 45, Pages: 1-4

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Thermal Design and Evaluation of Cooling Configuration of Solar Photovoltaic Panel

K. L. Raviraj^1*, H. R. Purushothama¹ , A. Manjunatha² and Vijay Kumar Mishra²

¹Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur - 572103, Karnataka, India; [email protected] ²Contra Volts Infotech Pvt. Ltd, Banglore - 560016, Karnataka, India;

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K. L. Raviraj Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur - 572103, Karnataka, India; [email protected]

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Abstract

A review on thermal design and evaluation of cooling configuration of solar Photovoltaic panel by using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) approach has been carried out. The temperature factor has major impact on PV panel efficiency in compare to other atmospheric factors and hence it has been studied. From literature survey it has been observed that, the module temperature of noon hours in a day will be high and cooling configurations has to be undertaken to cool PV panel temperature to the range of 30°C – 35°C (normal operating cell temperature) by using water as cooling medium since increasing temperature will results in reducing the efficiency by decreasing mobility of charge carriers.