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dc.title | An active cooling system for photovoltaic modules | |
dc.contributor.author | Teo, H.G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, P.S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hawlader, M.N.A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-17T06:11:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-17T06:11:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-02 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Teo, H.G., Lee, P.S., Hawlader, M.N.A. (2012-02). An active cooling system for photovoltaic modules. Applied Energy 90 (1) : 309-315. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.01.017 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 03062619 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/59403 | |
dc.description.abstract | The electrical efficiency of photovoltaic (PV) cell is adversely affected by the significant increase of cell operating temperature during absorption of solar radiation. A hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar system was designed, fabricated and experimentally investigated in this work. To actively cool the PV cells, a parallel array of ducts with inlet/outlet manifold designed for uniform airflow distribution was attached to the back of the PV panel. Experiments were performed with and without active cooling. A linear trend between the efficiency and temperature was found. Without active cooling, the temperature of the module was high and solar cells can only achieve an efficiency of 8-9%. However, when the module was operated under active cooling condition, the temperature dropped significantly leading to an increase in efficiency of solar cells to between 12% and 14%. A heat transfer simulation model was developed to compare to the actual temperature profile of PV module and good agreement between the simulation and experimental results is obtained. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. | |
dc.description.uri | http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.01.017 | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.subject | Active cooling | |
dc.subject | Cell efficiency | |
dc.subject | Hybrid photovoltaic/thermal system | |
dc.subject | Manifold design | |
dc.subject | Operating temperature | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | |
dc.description.doi | 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.01.017 | |
dc.description.sourcetitle | Applied Energy | |
dc.description.volume | 90 | |
dc.description.issue | 1 | |
dc.description.page | 309-315 | |
dc.description.coden | APEND | |
dc.identifier.isiut | 000297426100046 | |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
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