Presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Innovative Approaches in Scientific Studies (Engineering and Natural Sciences) (ISAS2019-ENS), Ankara, Turkey, Apr 19, 2019

SETSCI Conference Proceedings, 2019, 4, Page (s): 647-650 , https://doi.org/

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The cell temperature of a photovoltaic (PV) module increases with increasing irradiation rate, and this increment
adversely affects the output power or the electrical efficiency of the PV module. Therefore, in the present study, a series of
experiments are performed to investigate the effect of cooling phenomenon on the performance of a PV module. To cool the
module, an air impinging jet apparatus is installed at the back side of it. Experiments are performed at various values of
flowrate (Q = 100, 200 and 300 LPM, liter per minute) and heat load (qL = 150, 300 and 450 W). A multiple jet configuration
is designed with six nozzles, and the dimensionless nozzle-to-plate distance (H / D) is kept constant at 8. It is concluded that
the average surface temperature of the PV module can be decreased up to nearly 61.5% and the output power of the PV module
can be improved up to 13.2% through the impinging air jet.  

Keywords - Impinging Air jet, Photovoltaic Cell, Performance, Solar Energy, Flowrate

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