Three-dimensional thermal modeling of a photovoltaic module under varying conditions

M. Usama Siddiqui; A. F.M. Arif; Leah Kelley; Steven Dubowsky

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2012.05.034

Three-dimensional thermal modeling of a photovoltaic module under varying conditions

M. Usama Siddiqui, A. F.M. Arif^*, Leah Kelley, Steven Dubowsky

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Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

Photovoltaic technology provides the direct method to convert solar energy into electricity. Modeling and simulation plays a very important role in the development of PV devices as well as in the design of PV systems. The objective of the current work was to develop a novel thermal model to simulate the thermal performance of PV modules with and without cooling. The model was sequentially coupled with a radiation model and an electrical model to calculate the electrical performance of the PV panels. Using the developed model, various studies were performed to evaluate the electrical and thermal performance of the module under different environmental and operating conditions with and without cooling. Results show that the performance of the PV panel with cooling had very little influence of increasing absorbed radiation (200-1000W/m ²) at a constant ambient temperature (25°C) and increasing ambient temperature (0-50°C) at an absorbed radiation of 800W/m ². For the same variation in conditions, the performance of the panel without any cooling reduced significantly.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2620-2631
Number of pages	12
Journal	Solar Energy
Volume	86
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2012.05.034
State	Published - Sep 2012

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Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the support of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals through the Center for Clean Water and Clean Energy at KFUPM (DSR project # R6-DMN-08) and MIT. The authors would also like to thank Prof. S.M. Zubair and Prof. Anwar K. Sheikh for their helpful comments during the development of this work.

Keywords

Finite element analysis
PV cells
Photovoltaic thermal collector
Simulation

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
General Materials Science

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