Temperature Control Of Photo-Voltaic Modules: A Review
Volume 1 - Issue 5, November 2017 Edition
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Author(s)
Avijit Mallik, Md. Arman Arefin
Keywords
PV module, cooling techniques of PV, Photovoltaic, Temperature control methods.
Abstract
Renewable Technology is a very common topic for engineering research. Researches on renewable engineering are mainly eyed on Solar Energy Technology which consist photovoltaic cells. Effectiveness and efficiencies of those PV modules are very important to make researches feasible. This paper is based on current advances of the temperature control methods of PV modules. Temperature control is a very important part for solar energy research; it normally inversely changes with respect to electrical efficiency of PV module. Increase in electrical efficiency depends on temperature controlling techniques, type and size of the panel along with geographical position rising about 3-5% of the overall efficiency. A perspective on other temperature controlling methods for PV modules will also be discussed in this paper.
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