Experimental evaluation of the performance of a photovoltaic panel with water cooling

Haitham M. Bahaidarah; Shafiqur Rehman; P. Gandhidasan; Bilal Tanweer

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745090

Experimental evaluation of the performance of a photovoltaic panel with water cooling

Haitham M. Bahaidarah
, Shafiqur Rehman^*
, P. Gandhidasan
, Bilal Tanweer

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Abstract

A photovoltaic hybrid system cooled by water on the back surface has been designed, developed and tested for its performance evaluation. The performance of the proposed hybrid water cooled PV system has been evaluated for the weather condition of Dhahran, a city lying on the east coast of Saudi Arabia. The experimental results showed that with active water cooling, the module PV temperature dropped significantly to about 20% leading to an increase in panel efficiency of approximately 9%. Furthermore, at an irradiance level of 900w/m², the hybrid system produced 750w of energy whereas the PV only system collected nearly 190w.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	2987-2991
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781479932993
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745090
State	Published - 2013

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Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Efficiency
Heat transfer
Photovoltaic cells
Saudi Arabia
Solar energy
Water cooling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Bahaidarah, H. M., Rehman, S., Gandhidasan, P., & Tanweer, B. (2013). Experimental evaluation of the performance of a photovoltaic panel with water cooling. In 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013 (pp. 2987-2991). Article 6745090 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745090

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Experimental evaluation of the performance of a photovoltaic panel with water cooling. / Bahaidarah, Haitham M.; Rehman, Shafiqur; Gandhidasan, P. et al.
39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2013. p. 2987-2991 6745090 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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Experimental evaluation of the performance of a photovoltaic panel with water cooling

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