Thermal and electrical performance of uncooled, nature-cooled, and photovoltaic thermal module
The experimental study is aimed at analyzing photovoltaic module's thermal and electrical performance (PV) with back surface cooling under Malaysian tropical climate conditions. The performance of a passively cooled PV module integrated with biomaterial (moist coconut fiber) was compared with a...
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| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2023
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| Online Access: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/38241/1/Thermal%20and%20electrical%20performance%20of%20uncooled%2C%20nature-cooled%2C%20and%20photovoltaic%20thermal%20module.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/38241/ https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/4720545 https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/4720545 |
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| Summary: | The experimental study is aimed at analyzing photovoltaic module's thermal and electrical performance (PV) with back surface cooling under Malaysian tropical climate conditions. The performance of a passively cooled PV module integrated with biomaterial (moist coconut fiber) was compared with a photovoltaic thermal (PVT) system with water circulation at the rate of 0.02 kg s-1 and a reference PV module. The study observed that the passively cooled PV module succeeded in reducing the module surface temperature by more than 20%. However, the PVT system reduced the temperature only by less than 17%. The electrical energy efficiency was improved remarkably in the passively cooled PV module by almost 11%, but the PVT system managed to increase the electrical efficiency by 9%, approximately. It can be concluded that nature-inspired coconut fiber-based cooling can be one of the potential alternatives to active cooling methods. |
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