Novel Design for Thermal Management of PV Cells in Harsh Environmental Conditions
The abundance of solar energy is a blessing in the Arabian Peninsula, where more than 2000 kWh/m<sup>2</sup> density has been recorded annually. This has resulted in sincere consideration of PV harvesting in the energy matrix and smart grid. However, artefacts such as degradation of PV e...
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| author | Nasser Ahmad Amith Khandakar Amir El-Tayeb Kamel Benhmed Atif Iqbal Farid Touati |
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| description | The abundance of solar energy is a blessing in the Arabian Peninsula, where more than 2000 kWh/m<sup>2</sup> density has been recorded annually. This has resulted in sincere consideration of PV harvesting in the energy matrix and smart grid. However, artefacts such as degradation of PV efficiency due to the high temperature effect have to be addressed. This paper presents a novel design of a PV cooling system using water to mitigate the effect of high temperature. Several experiments have been conducted, and the results have been analyzed. It has been found that the collected water from the panel after 40 min of cooling gained a temperature of 10 °C approximately, during December 2016. Eventually, the efficiency was improved by 10.35% (without using MPPT) using water at ambient temperature (24 °C) compared to the non-cooled panel. Moreover, the temperature of the panel during solar peak hours dropped from 64.3 °C to 32 °C and from 59 °C to 27 °C in 3 min for the back and front surface, respectively. These results, which are the first of their kind in Qatar, constitute good incentives and pave the way for further investigation to enhance PV efficiency in harsh environments. This would be of paramount significance, especially for scaling up PV deployment, as is planned in Qatar and GCC countries in their 2030 vision. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a381351022e248cf96708b46f96140ac2022-12-22T02:59:01ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732018-11-011111323110.3390/en11113231en11113231Novel Design for Thermal Management of PV Cells in Harsh Environmental ConditionsNasser Ahmad0Amith Khandakar1Amir El-Tayeb2Kamel Benhmed3Atif Iqbal4Farid Touati5Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, QatarElectrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, QatarElectrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, QatarElectrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, QatarElectrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, QatarElectrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, QatarThe abundance of solar energy is a blessing in the Arabian Peninsula, where more than 2000 kWh/m<sup>2</sup> density has been recorded annually. This has resulted in sincere consideration of PV harvesting in the energy matrix and smart grid. However, artefacts such as degradation of PV efficiency due to the high temperature effect have to be addressed. This paper presents a novel design of a PV cooling system using water to mitigate the effect of high temperature. Several experiments have been conducted, and the results have been analyzed. It has been found that the collected water from the panel after 40 min of cooling gained a temperature of 10 °C approximately, during December 2016. Eventually, the efficiency was improved by 10.35% (without using MPPT) using water at ambient temperature (24 °C) compared to the non-cooled panel. Moreover, the temperature of the panel during solar peak hours dropped from 64.3 °C to 32 °C and from 59 °C to 27 °C in 3 min for the back and front surface, respectively. These results, which are the first of their kind in Qatar, constitute good incentives and pave the way for further investigation to enhance PV efficiency in harsh environments. This would be of paramount significance, especially for scaling up PV deployment, as is planned in Qatar and GCC countries in their 2030 vision.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/11/3231water coolingheat transferefficiencyphotovoltaicoverheatingrenewable energy |
| spellingShingle | Nasser Ahmad Amith Khandakar Amir El-Tayeb Kamel Benhmed Atif Iqbal Farid Touati Novel Design for Thermal Management of PV Cells in Harsh Environmental Conditions Energies water cooling heat transfer efficiency photovoltaic overheating renewable energy |
| title | Novel Design for Thermal Management of PV Cells in Harsh Environmental Conditions |
| title_full | Novel Design for Thermal Management of PV Cells in Harsh Environmental Conditions |
| title_fullStr | Novel Design for Thermal Management of PV Cells in Harsh Environmental Conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Novel Design for Thermal Management of PV Cells in Harsh Environmental Conditions |
| title_short | Novel Design for Thermal Management of PV Cells in Harsh Environmental Conditions |
| title_sort | novel design for thermal management of pv cells in harsh environmental conditions |
| topic | water cooling heat transfer efficiency photovoltaic overheating renewable energy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/11/3231 |
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