A review of solar photovoltaic panel cooling systems with special reference to Ground coupled central panel cooling system (GC-CPCS)

Amit Sahay, V.K. Sethi, A.C. Tiwari and Mukesh Pandey

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015, vol. 42, issue C, 306-312

Abstract: The efficiency of wafer-based crystalline as well as Thin film Solar photovoltaic cells get reduced with increase of panel temperature. It is noted that the efficiency drops by about 0.5% for increase of 1°C of panel temperature. It is necessary to operate them at low temperatures in order to keep the PV module electrical efficiency at acceptable level. Therefore need for a low-cost cooling system for the Solar panels is felt.

Keywords: Efficiency of solar PV cells; Solar PV panel cooling systems; Ground coupled heat exchanger (GCHEX); Central cooling systems; Ground-coupled central panel cooling system (GC-CPCS); Analysis of variance (ANOVA) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.10.009

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