PV PANEL COOLING USING STACK EFFECT

Kudith Nageswara Rao


Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (India)
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4490-0900

Ganesamoorthy Rajkuma

raj06@ymail.com
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (India)
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6505-892X

Abstract

Unsatisfactory feat of the photo-voltaic cell is solitary in every of the foremost issues among the promotion of PV technology. A vital strand changing cell performance is operative temperature of the cell. The voltage of the cell, declines near directly with a rise in the operative temperature of the photo-voltaic cell. The temperature condition on the in-operative surface of a photo-voltaic panel remains usually 22–30°C beyond the normal temperature conditions. Upon the premise concerning those issues, the potency of the photo-voltaic cell will be refined by sustaining their operative temperatures as low as possible. This paper portrays a technique of PV/solar panel cooling using convection generated by the chimney effect. This paper considers the diminution of warmth from the Photo-voltaic panel for both active and inactive conditions.


Keywords:

air-cooling, convection, solar-cell cooling, solar photo-voltaic

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2023-09-30

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Nageswara Rao, K., & Rajkuma, G. (2023). PV PANEL COOLING USING STACK EFFECT. Informatyka, Automatyka, Pomiary W Gospodarce I Ochronie Środowiska, 13(3), 83–85. https://doi.org/10.35784/iapgos.3756

Authors

Kudith Nageswara Rao 

Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering India
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4490-0900

Authors

Ganesamoorthy Rajkuma 
raj06@ymail.com
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering India
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6505-892X

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